AreaChina (Mainland)

Commodity GroupMeat

CommodityBovine meat

Date01/07/2017

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport ban lifted

DescriptionAnnounced the lifting of a 13-year import ban on some US bovine meat products. The ban had been introduced in 2003 due to concerns over the spread of an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease.