AreaJapan

Commodity GroupMeat

CommodityBovine meat

Date01/05/2019

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentMarket access

DescriptionLifted the age restriction on Canadian bovine meat exports. Under the rule in place since 2003 after the detection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), Japan only imported bovine meat derived from cattle less than 30 months-old.