Bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers back industry calls for USDA to suspend fresh beef imports from Brazil

摘要

A bipartisan group of 16 senators including 10 members of the Senate Ag Committee is urging USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to immediately suspend fresh beef imports from Brazil as requested by US cattle interests, citing renewed concerns about the country’s animal disease and food safety systems following delays in the reporting of recent atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) cases to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).