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[the fiveforty | the fiveforty] Some good news for Tyson Foods: Japan has lifted its ban on US beef, meaning the world's largest protein processor can once again export its red meat to the Land of the Rising Sun. (Not everybody over there can afford Kobe beef, you know.) Seems the company has already received orders and will begin shipping its product within the next week or so.

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