APHIS Allows Beef Imports From Parts of Brazil, Northern Argentina

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its regulations to allow the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from Northern Argentina and parts of Brazil, in two final rules. A final rule (here) that takes effect Aug. 31 will allow importation of beef from the Brazilian states of Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, São Paulo, Sergipe, and Tocantins. A second final rule that takes effect the following day (here) allows importation of beef from the Argentine region north of Patagonia South and Patagonia North B. Importation of fresh beef from both regions will only be allowed under the same conditions currently in place for beef from Uruguay.