1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov March 2, 2016Fresh Beef Import Rules for Brazil and ArgentinaOn July 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued final rules allowing import of fresh beef (chilled or frozen) from Brazil (80 Fed. Reg. 3
2、7923) and Argentina (80 Fed. Reg. 37935). U.S. beef imports from Brazil have been restricted to processed/cooked products because of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). From 1997 to 2001, fresh beef imports from Argentina were allowed until being suspended in 2001 after an outbreak of FMD. Under the final
3、 rules, APHIS determined that Brazil and Argentina have controlled FMD and that fresh beef can be safely imported from certain regions in Brazil and from Argentina. Before the United States removes these import restrictions, USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) must determine if the count
4、ries food safety systems provide the same level of food safety as the U.S. system. As of March 1, 2016, FSIS had not determined if the slaughter systems in Brazil and Argentina are equivalent. Stakeholder groups, including the National Cattlemens Beef Association (NCBA), Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Le
