testing standard. That issue could be resolved at the next meeting of Japan's Food Safety Commission panel, according to Yoshikawa. A date for the next meeting has not been set. "There is no basis - scientific or otherwise - for keeping the Japanese beef markets closed to U.S. beef," Moran said, adding that "the patience of the American cattle ranchers is wearing thin." The lawmaker said the U.S. has lost an estimated two billion dollars in beef sales as a result of the ban. --More 2251 Local Time 1951 GMT
