Source: Rita Jane Gabbett, MEATINGPLACE, 3/25/14

Russia has approved four U.S. cold storage facilities to handle pork products headed for export to Russia, according to an updated list on USDA’s website.  

Beta-agonist-free product is eligible to move from these storage facilities effective March 20. The move comes on the heels of Russia approving two Smithfield Foods plants to export pork raised without the beta-agonists such as ractopamine and produced after March 6.

The approved cold storage facilities include:
•      Carolina Cold Storage in Tar Heel, N.C.
•      Cloverleaf Cold Storage in Sumter, S.C.
•      Cloverleaf Cold Storage in Chesapeake, Va.
•      Cloverleaf Cold Storage in Benson, N.C.

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