TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Wednesday it has suspended beef imports from a U.S. plant after two packages of chilled beef were found to contain spinal columns, a risk material for mad cow disease, at Tokyo port.
The two packages were among 16 tons of U.S. beef flanks and other parts in 810 packages which arrived at the port from Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC's plant in the state of Kansas, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
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