Person of about 40 percent did a negative answer about eating beef from the United States that the import has been stopped by generating BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) , saying that "I do not want to eat".
It was clarified by "Investigation for the safety consciousness and the realities concerning beef" that
MACROMILL, Inc., Internet research firm (
TSE MOTHERS:3730)
, had done in the beginning of August.
Percentage of those who had answered, "I want to eat" was about 20 percent.
Person who requested "Execution of the blanket test on all slaughtered cattle for mad cow disease in Japan" by U.S.A. Government as a condition of the import restart was also top with about 40 percent.
JCPRESS schedules to publish details of this news in the issue on the Japan consumer newspaper September 1.