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Taiwanese agriculture officials to visit nine U.S. beef plants
Story Date: 5/3/2012
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Source: MEATINGPLACE, 5/2/12
A group of Taiwanese agricultural officials will travel this weekend to the United States to inspect nine beef-processing operations, following the recent discovery of a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a dairy cow in California, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency.
Four to six officials from Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture and Department of Health will make the trip. The nine slaughterhouses to be inspected produce about 78 percent of the American beef sold to Taiwan.
The delegation also will inspect feed suppliers and laboratories and will assess cattle ranches' feed controls and whether specified risk materials such as brains and spinal cords are removed.
The U.S. has lobbied Taiwan to ease restrictions on U.S. beef imposed after past BSE cases and has asked Taiwan to lift a ban on beef containing residues of the leanness-promoting drug ractopamine.
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