APHIS Proposes to Allow Beef Imports From Region of Brazil
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to allow imports of beef from certain regions in Brazil. The beef would be subject to the same requirements currently in place for imports of beef and bovine meat from Uruguay, including that foot-and-mouth disease hasn’t been diagnosed in the exporting region of Brazil within the previous 12 months, and that the beef comes from bovines from premises where foot-and-mouth disease hasn’t been present during their lifetime. The beef would also be subject to veterinary inspections and require a meat inspection certificate. Only approved Brazilian facilities would be eligible to supply exported beef.
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The APHIS proposal would allow beef imports, subject to these conditions, from the following States in Brazil: Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Rondonia, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, and Tocantins.
(Federal Register 12/23/13)