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BSE Update:
USMEF Begins To Tackle Export Challenges In Wake Of BSE Case
Everything changed for the U.S. beef industry on the afternoon of Dec. 23, 2003, when the Secretary of Agriculture announced that the first “positive” BSE test result had occurred and a full investigation launched.
“USMEF staff worldwide responded immediately. Holiday and vacation plans and scheduled holiday office closings were cancelled. In offices from Denver to Singapore, from London to Beijing, USMEF people responded by coming in early and staying late, by taking calls from the trade, the media and government officials and by making calls to all of our trading partners,” said Phil Seng, USMEF President and CEO.
Click here for a quick summary of USMEF activities to date. You’ll find it extensive, but the effort isn’t over. Many long days still lie ahead.
“Through it all, USMEF hasn’t forgotten its mission of ‘putting U.S. meat on the world’s table.’ Our work with pork and lamb continues even as we spend long hours working with U.S. beef producers and packers in the fight to reopen more than three dozen markets which now “ban” our beef. We are confident that we will have our markets open and that U.S. beef will return as the world’s premier beef product,” Seng concluded. In the meantime, please direct technical questions to Paul Clayton, access issues to Richard Fritz and questions about media activities to Lynn Heinze.
Japan
U.S. Beef Ban Details Spelled Out
The Tokyo Animal Quarantine office sent a letter to importers and forwarding companies (dated Jan. 8) explaining in detail the ban on U.S. beef imports. USMEF-Japan reports that the ban covers:
· Beef and related products imported from the U.S., including Hawaii and Guam.
· Live cattle, sheep and goats.
· Meat products — bone, meat, fat, tendons and offals (including digestive organs and casing) derived from beef, sheep and goats.
· Sausages (including those with casing imported from BSE-free countries), ham and bacon made from these raw materials.
· Processed or cooked products containing U.S. beef.
USMEF-Japan points out chilled products en route can be frozen. Neither frozen nor chilled U.S. beef products will be admitted, but the quarantine procedures are the same for both. Products (according to the USDA Web site) can be shipped back to the U.S. if the container seals are intact.
Products in Japan can be returned to the U.S. with the permission of the Animal Quarantine office. If products are to be incinerated, the Animal quarantine office must also be notified and all regulations complied with.
BSE Update:
USMEF Begins To Tackle Export Challenges In Wake Of BSE Case
Everything changed for the U.S. beef industry on the afternoon of Dec. 23, 2003, when the Secretary of Agriculture announced that the first “positive” BSE test result had occurred and a full investigation launched.
“USMEF staff worldwide responded immediately. Holiday and vacation plans and scheduled holiday office closings were cancelled. In offices from Denver to Singapore, from London to Beijing, USMEF people responded by coming in early and staying late, by taking calls from the trade, the media and government officials and by making calls to all of our trading partners,” said Phil Seng, USMEF President and CEO.
Click here for a quick summary of USMEF activities to date. You’ll find it extensive, but the effort isn’t over. Many long days still lie ahead.
“Through it all, USMEF hasn’t forgotten its mission of ‘putting U.S. meat on the world’s table.’ Our work with pork and lamb continues even as we spend long hours working with U.S. beef producers and packers in the fight to reopen more than three dozen markets which now “ban” our beef. We are confident that we will have our markets open and that U.S. beef will return as the world’s premier beef product,” Seng concluded. In the meantime, please direct technical questions to Paul Clayton, access issues to Richard Fritz and questions about media activities to Lynn Heinze.
Japan
U.S. Beef Ban Details Spelled Out
The Tokyo Animal Quarantine office sent a letter to importers and forwarding companies (dated Jan. 8) explaining in detail the ban on U.S. beef imports. USMEF-Japan reports that the ban covers:
· Beef and related products imported from the U.S., including Hawaii and Guam.
· Live cattle, sheep and goats.
· Meat products — bone, meat, fat, tendons and offals (including digestive organs and casing) derived from beef, sheep and goats.
· Sausages (including those with casing imported from BSE-free countries), ham and bacon made from these raw materials.
· Processed or cooked products containing U.S. beef.
USMEF-Japan points out chilled products en route can be frozen. Neither frozen nor chilled U.S. beef products will be admitted, but the quarantine procedures are the same for both. Products (according to the USDA Web site) can be shipped back to the U.S. if the container seals are intact.
Products in Japan can be returned to the U.S. with the permission of the Animal Quarantine office. If products are to be incinerated, the Animal quarantine office must also be notified and all regulations complied with.