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MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said Friday the nation's largest beef recall has set back negotiations to ship U.S. beef to Japan and South Korea.
Those markets closed to the U.S. cattle industry in 2003 after a scare over mad cow disease.
Schafer said at a convention of meat packers and processors that he is hopeful trade talks will continue, but that the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. recall has diplomats asking why the U.S. can't ship safe meat.
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