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EU 2006 Residue Sampling For Red Meat Announced

The 2006 EU Additional Residue Testing program for red meat and game has recently been posted to the FSIS Web site. The number of compounds to be tested under the residue program for pork has been reduced by three — Nitroimidazoles, Cadmium and Lead — but the compounds to be tested for beef have not changed.  The overall number of animals and samples taken for testing, however, has increased. The sampling frequency is based on 2005 slaughter figures of animals destined for the EU.  For example, in 2005, 153 hogs were tested under the program and 399 analyses were conducted.  Under the 2006 program, 203 animals will be tested and 539 analyses conducted. Under the beef program, the number of animals to be tested increased from 10 steers and heifers to 20, and the number of analyses increased from 18 to 36.  There have been no changes regarding compounds that must be tested for in equines or wild boar. 

Mexico                                                                                         

Bone-In Beef Can’t Be Shipped Until FSIS Library Is Updated

The United States cannot export bone-in beef to Mexico until the online FSIS Export Library of Requirements has been updated, and this cannot happen until Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food Products (SAGARPA) provides FSIS with its updated requirement forms (hojas de requisitos).

SAGARPA announced Feb. 1 that it will now allow the United States and Canada to export bone-in as well as boneless beef from animals of 30 months or less to Mexico. After an initial ban on all U.S. beef in December 2003, Mexico opened the border to boneless beef in March 2004. Even after the opening to bone-in product, Mexico does not allow import of U.S. ground beef and intestine.

European Union

EU 2006 Residue Sampling For Red Meat Announced

The 2006 EU Additional Residue Testing program for red meat and game has recently been posted to the FSIS Web site. The number of compounds to be tested under the residue program for pork has been reduced by three — Nitroimidazoles, Cadmium and Lead — but the compounds to be tested for beef have not changed.  The overall number of animals and samples taken for testing, however, has increased. The sampling frequency is based on 2005 slaughter figures of animals destined for the EU.  For example, in 2005, 153 hogs were tested under the program and 399 analyses were conducted.  Under the 2006 program, 203 animals will be tested and 539 analyses conducted. Under the beef program, the number of animals to be tested increased from 10 steers and heifers to 20, and the number of analyses increased from 18 to 36.  There have been no changes regarding compounds that must be tested for in equines or wild boar. 

Mexico                                                                                         

Bone-In Beef Can’t Be Shipped Until FSIS Library Is Updated

The United States cannot export bone-in beef to Mexico until the online FSIS Export Library of Requirements has been updated, and this cannot happen until Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food Products (SAGARPA) provides FSIS with its updated requirement forms (hojas de requisitos).

SAGARPA announced Feb. 1 that it will now allow the United States and Canada to export bone-in as well as boneless beef from animals of 30 months or less to Mexico. After an initial ban on all U.S. beef in December 2003, Mexico opened the border to boneless beef in March 2004. Even after the opening to bone-in product, Mexico does not allow import of U.S. ground beef and intestine.