PORKER
Well-known member
10/02/06
IFA calls for Argentinean beef ban
By Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent
IRISH farm leaders yesterday called for a ban on beef imports from South America where Argentina is the latest country to confirm an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
The outbreak was discovered among 70 animals on a farm near the border with Paraguay. It is the first outbreak of the contagious disease since August 2003 in Argentina, the fifth largest beef exporter in the world.
A ban on imports from the region where the outbreak was confirmed is now likely to be imposed by countries worldwide.
Argentina exports 300,000 tonnes of beef a year to the European Union and Russia.
Following the news, Chile moved to suspend imports of Argentine beef, while Brazil said it was introducing more stringent import restrictions on Argentine livestock.
IFA calls for Argentinean beef ban
By Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent
IRISH farm leaders yesterday called for a ban on beef imports from South America where Argentina is the latest country to confirm an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
The outbreak was discovered among 70 animals on a farm near the border with Paraguay. It is the first outbreak of the contagious disease since August 2003 in Argentina, the fifth largest beef exporter in the world.
A ban on imports from the region where the outbreak was confirmed is now likely to be imposed by countries worldwide.
Argentina exports 300,000 tonnes of beef a year to the European Union and Russia.
Following the news, Chile moved to suspend imports of Argentine beef, while Brazil said it was introducing more stringent import restrictions on Argentine livestock.