thanks for the ping.
keep me posted.
I can post what is being said/speculated in the industry as to what happened. Please note this is preliminary and unconfirmed.
Market rumor has it that a bone-in piece of veal may have been included in a sample shipment to a Japanese supplier. Since no bone-in products are allowed for beef, that would apply as well to veal. The political lobby stepping in and at this point word is the entire market is closed again.
If the above scenario is true, you can bet that diplomatic channels are scrambling.
A factoid I can post that's true is that imports were currently only 4% of what they were in 2003 before the BSE ban was implemented.