US Beef imports banned again in Japan

NARITA, JAPAN - JANUARY 20: In this handout picture released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, a shipment of US beef containing the backbone, is discovered on January 20, 2006 at New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, Japan. An agreement surrounding such imports states that beef imports must not contain the spine over fears of madcow desease. As a result, Japan have decided to ban the import of US beef again, only months after a previous two-year ban had been lifted. (Photo by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan via Getty Images)