Australia resumes cattle trade to Egypt

25/03/2014
Australia is to resume exports of live cattle to Egypt after the country agreed to implement the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS).

Trade between the countries was suspended last May after footage of inhumane slaughter practises at two Egyptian abattoirs emerged.

The resumption of the sheep trade – which was suspended in 2006 – is likely to take longer, as that would reportedly require changes to infrastructure at facilities likely to receive Australian sheep.