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Final guidelines set for U.S. beef exports to China
China and the U.S. have reached a final agreement allowing U.S. beef exports to China.
The USDA”s Agricultural Marketing Service put the new guidelines on their website Monday, and include traceability to the U.S. birth farm or to the first port of entry for imported cattle. U.S. establishments and packers can use those guidelines to apply for export approval.
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue commended the USDA and trade teams that worked to meet China’s expectations, and “working through the necessary phytosanitary -sanitary protocols to make sure that we meet their requirements, which we think we will certainly be able to do.”
China imported more than 2-and-a-half billion dollars’ worth of beef last year but has not accepted U.S.
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