Australia hails renewed Japanese beef imports after 17-year hiatus

Wagyu beef companies from across Japan exhibited their products on Monday at a food showcase celebrating the return of Japanese beef to Australia after 17 years.Sponsored by the Japan External Trade Organization, the Premium Japanese Food Showcase featured nine Japanese beef companies, many of which were eager to explain the differences between the wagyu beef from Japan and so-called "Australian wagyu" founded on live animals and genetic material imported from Japan in the 1990s."Personally, I think Australian wagyu is wonderful; it's of a very high quality," said Hideki Tabata, 62, of the …READ FULL ARTICLE