Japan enlists star SF, LA chefs in growing war over the word 'wagyu'

At San Diego's Animae, which bills itself as a "wagyu steakhouse," executive chef Tara Monsod only uses Japanese A5 wagyu ...
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American-raised wagyu beef can fetch $100 a pound. Missouri farms are signing up for business

More than 50 wagyu beef farms in Missouri are listed with the American Wagyu Association. Because Japan stopped exporting genetically pure wagyu cattle in 1997, most American farmers crossbreed the ...
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Japan halts Fukushima cattle shipments on radiation worries

TOKYO, July 19 (Reuters) - Japan's government ordered the suspension of all shipments of beef cattle from Fukushima prefecture on Tuesday after discovering that cattle fed rice straw contaminated with ...