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HK bans beef imports from US plant
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-04-08 14:44
Hong Kong Friday suspended beef imports from a United States plant for its
violating of the city's rules to fight mad cow disease, but having no intention
to have a total ban on all U.S. beef.
The decision took effect immediately, said the Food and Environmental Hygiene
Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. (HKSAR)
The move followed Thursday night's discovery of bones in beef imports from
the Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation in Kansas, said a statement published at
the website of the HKSAR government.
The Hong Kong authorities have no intention to re-impose a total ban on all
beef imports from the U.S.
Hong Kong resumed beef imports from the U.S. starting from Dec. 29, 2005,
under the condition that only boneless beef from cattle younger than 30 months
can be imported.
Besides, high-risk materials such as brain and spinal cord of the cattle have
to be removed during slaughtering and the beef could be imported from designated
plants approved by the U.S.
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