US Cattle Industry Has Beef With Decision To Allow Argentine Imports
July 10, 2015 | 1 min to read
Good news for meat lovers: The U.S. government is lifting a 14-year ban on Argentine beef.
The United States banned the product after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease plagued the South American country in 2001.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said that it was amending its previous regulations to allow the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from northern Argentina and 14 states in Brazil.
It said the countries must adhere to "specific conditions that mitigate the risk of foot-and-mouth disease."
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