It was a bad week for American cows, whose lives may soon get a little shorter. On September 6th, a panel of scientists advising the Japanese government ruled that America's trade negotiators have been correct, for the most part, about how risky it is to eat American beef. Their finding should soon offer a way out of a trade row that has raged since America reported a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) late last year.
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