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Jamaica lifts ban on US beef

08/12/2004

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that the Jamaican Ministry of Agriculture has lifted its ban on US beef products.

 

This move is said to be due to the United States having implemented several new regulatory measures to strengthen the food safety system and assure consumers of safe meat products after the discovery of a single case of BSE in December 2003. These measures include banning non-ambulatory animals for human consumption, prohibiting specified risk materials and strengthening meat-processing safeguards.

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