AreaCanada

Commodity GroupMeat

CommodityBovine meat

Date01/10/2015

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport ban lifted

DescriptionRe-opened its market to imports of beef from the EU (19 EU member countries initially approved), after recognizing that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risks had subsided. The Canadian market had been closed to EU beef, including deboned beef, since 1996.