US BEEF, anyone?

BEEF import

from the USA resumed last week,

but survey showed that

80% wary of eating U.S. beef.

Eighty percent of respondents in a Yomiuri Shimbun survey said they were concerned,

either greatly or to some extent, about the safety of U.S. beef, whose imports resumed recently.
The survey, conducted last Saturday and Sunday through face-to-face interviews,

also found that respondents who said they had no concerns about

the safety accounted for only 19 percent.

Asked whether they want to eat U.S. beef,

nearly 90 percent of respondents had negative views,

with 45 percent of the respondents saying they did not want to eat it,

and 43 percent saying they would like to decide after more consideration.

Only 10 percent of the respondents said they wanted to eat U.S. beef.

The survey was conducted on 3,000 eligible voters selected at random at 250 locations nationwide, of whom 1,741 people, or 58 percent, gave valid responses.

U.S. beef already gone on sale at some large retailers,

with sales expected to expand.

But the survey found that many consumers were concerned

about the safety of the product and reluctant to purchase it.

That includes Jiji.

He prefers to eat Japan-bred beef ONLY!

Typical of ordinary Japanese who

distrust US beef becoz of BSE

and the taste, Virginia....the taste!

IBAng klase, talaga!

Obviously, having eaten Japanese beef,

no one here would seek a lesser substitute.

Not even Aussie beef can rival

that of the Japanese variety.

About the government's decision on the resumption of U.S. beef imports,

those who said they did not support the decision and

others answering they would prefer not to support it totaled 59 percent.

The figure is higher than the 37 percent who said they supported the government decision.

But, even among those who supported the government's decision,

60 percent of the respondents said that they had concerns over the safety of the beef.

On whether restaurants and other businesses must indicate

the country of origin of beef used in processed food products and on menus

so that consumers could be informed of the use of U.S. beef,

92 percent of the respondents said it should be mandatory,

an indication that consumers are wary they might eat U.S. beef

without knowing it.

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