MEAT INDUSTRY WELCOMES THE US DECISION TO LIFT EMBARGO ON FRENCH BEEF
January 1st, 2017
THE UNITED States authorities have lifted an embargo on French beef imports after 19 years, the French agriculture ministry has said, and European meat producers are delighted.
France is the fourth European Union (EU) country, after Lithuania, Ireland and the Netherlands, to have its beef re-admitted to the US market after a January 1998 ban imposed because of fears over bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease.
“We welcome the USA move to lift the ban on French beef imports and we urge them to allow exports from other EU ...
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