Uzbekistan Lifts Ban on U.S. Pork, Effective Feb. 1
Uzbekistan Lifts Ban on U.S. Pork, Effective Feb. 1
Effective Feb. 1, Uzbekistan has ended a 10-month, H1N1-related ban on U.S pork exports originating from 11 U.S. states.
Fresh and frozen pork products from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, California and Kansas are now eligible for export to Uzbekistan, as long as the swine from which they are derived were not slaughtered between April 21, 2009, and February 1, 2010. (Heat-treated products from this time period were never included in the ban.)
This update was published in the FSIS Export Librarytoday, clearing all U.S. states for export to Uzbekistan.
Please contact Kevin Smith at 303-623-6328 or ksmith@usmef.org with any questions.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.
Uzbekistan Lifts Ban on U.S. Pork, Effective Feb. 1
Effective Feb. 1, Uzbekistan has ended a 10-month, H1N1-related ban on U.S pork exports originating from 11 U.S. states.
Fresh and frozen pork products from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, California and Kansas are now eligible for export to Uzbekistan, as long as the swine from which they are derived were not slaughtered between April 21, 2009, and February 1, 2010. (Heat-treated products from this time period were never included in the ban.)
This update was published in the FSIS Export Librarytoday, clearing all U.S. states for export to Uzbekistan.
Please contact Kevin Smith at 303-623-6328 or ksmith@usmef.org with any questions.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
USMEF complies with all equal opportunity, non-discrimination and affirmative action measures applicable to it by contract, government rule or regulation or as otherwise provided by law.