AGREEMENT ON EU IMPORTS OF AMERICAN HORMONE-FREE BEEF IMMINENT?

The preliminary report from the inspection mission sent out by the European Union's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) to check out control measures in American abattoirs approved to export certified hormone-free beef to EU countries under the Hormone free cattle scheme should be handed over to the Member States' Chief Veterinary Officers at the meeting of the Standing Veterinary Committee scheduled for November 23 and 24, the European Commission revealed on November 15. The slaughterhouse monitoring aspect is of particular importance given that the long-standing transatlantic row over US beef from cattle adMinistered with anabolic agents could well soon be settled if Washington were to accept the European...