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Published: Oct 31, 2005

Russia

USMEF Exhibits U.S. Pork And Advocates U.S. Beef In Moscow

USMEF provided samples of U.S. pork and advocated the safety of U.S. beef in Moscow last week at Golden Autumn, a large exhibition where international food safety concerns are discussed and cooperation between international producers of agricultural products is encouraged.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture held a roundtable discussion to explain U.S. agriculture policies and to provide information on trade expansion and investment between Russian and U.S. companies.

USMEF gave guests an opportunity to try U.S. pork, underlining its quality and superior taste, and also met with Russian processing companies to discuss opportunities for U.S. pork.

Through the first eight months of this year, U.S. pork and pork variety meat exports to Russia have increased 158 percent in volume to 27,566 metric tons and 213 percent in value to $48.2 million compared to the same period last year.

USMEF stressed the safety standards the U.S. beef industry follows to ensure U.S. beef is one of the safest products in the world. Russia was the fifth-largest destination for U.S. beef before banning it in December 2003 after the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was found in the United States.

More than 2,000 exhibitors and 250,000 guests visited the seventh Golden Autumn exhibition, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, the Moscow city government, Russian Academy of Agricultural sciences and the All-Russian Exhibition Center.

Russia

USMEF Exhibits U.S. Pork And Advocates U.S. Beef In Moscow

USMEF provided samples of U.S. pork and advocated the safety of U.S. beef in Moscow last week at Golden Autumn, a large exhibition where international food safety concerns are discussed and cooperation between international producers of agricultural products is encouraged.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture held a roundtable discussion to explain U.S. agriculture policies and to provide information on trade expansion and investment between Russian and U.S. companies.

USMEF gave guests an opportunity to try U.S. pork, underlining its quality and superior taste, and also met with Russian processing companies to discuss opportunities for U.S. pork.

Through the first eight months of this year, U.S. pork and pork variety meat exports to Russia have increased 158 percent in volume to 27,566 metric tons and 213 percent in value to $48.2 million compared to the same period last year.

USMEF stressed the safety standards the U.S. beef industry follows to ensure U.S. beef is one of the safest products in the world. Russia was the fifth-largest destination for U.S. beef before banning it in December 2003 after the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was found in the United States.

More than 2,000 exhibitors and 250,000 guests visited the seventh Golden Autumn exhibition, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, the Moscow city government, Russian Academy of Agricultural sciences and the All-Russian Exhibition Center.