3/12/2006 7:25:00 AM
Hong Kong Suspends Beef Imports From US Firm Swift Beef
HONG KONG (AP)--Hong Kong has suspended imports from a U.S. beef processing firm after discovering that its products contained bones, the government said.
Imports from Swift Beef Company, based in Colorado would be suspended with immediate effect, Hong Kong's Food and Environment Hygiene Department said in a statement issued late Saturday.
"The decision was made following discovery of beef imports with bones from that plant during inspections," a department spokesman said in the statement.
Hong Kong partially lifted a two-year ban on U.S. beef imports in December, but only boneless beef from cattle less than 30 months old, with the animal's brain, spinal cord and other parts with a high risk of mad cow disease removed, could be allowed into the territory.
"We will contact the relevant authorities for more information concerning the beef imports in question," the spokesman said.
The imports ban had been effective since Dec. 24, 2003, after mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, was detected in a cow in Washington state that had been imported from Canada.
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Hong Kong Suspends Beef Imports From US Firm Swift Beef
HONG KONG (AP)--Hong Kong has suspended imports from a U.S. beef processing firm after discovering that its products contained bones, the government said.
Imports from Swift Beef Company, based in Colorado would be suspended with immediate effect, Hong Kong's Food and Environment Hygiene Department said in a statement issued late Saturday.
"The decision was made following discovery of beef imports with bones from that plant during inspections," a department spokesman said in the statement.
Hong Kong partially lifted a two-year ban on U.S. beef imports in December, but only boneless beef from cattle less than 30 months old, with the animal's brain, spinal cord and other parts with a high risk of mad cow disease removed, could be allowed into the territory.
"We will contact the relevant authorities for more information concerning the beef imports in question," the spokesman said.
The imports ban had been effective since Dec. 24, 2003, after mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, was detected in a cow in Washington state that had been imported from Canada.
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=22607
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