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California Cow With BSE Not Seen Derailing US Export Markets
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:55:38 CDT
The confirmation of a fourth case of BSE in the U.S. cattle herd should not negatively impact beef export trade. Joe Schuele, with the U.S. Meat Export Federation, says the case doesn't change the United States' controlled risk status designated by the OIE. As a result - so far no U.S. trading partners have indicated they will halt shipments of beef.
Schuele, who is our guest on today's Beef Buzz, says that the attitude of the international beef marketplace is much different about BSE here in 2012 compared to when the first case of BSE was discovered in the United States in December 2003. The "knee jerk" reaction seen to the announcement of a dairy cow from Canada having tested positive for BSE, ruined beef export markets to most countries in 2004- and it took several years after that to recover market share in many different markets.
Of course, the market that was our top market at the time of our first case of BSE, Japan, was still not fully reopened to US Beef- or product from any other country. They set up rules banning beef from animals older than 21 months of age- and they are just now starting the process of expanding that age level for animals eligible for the Japanese market- expecting to finally raise the number from 20 months to 30 months of age. Schuele says the USMEF does not expect that process to be derailed by this Central California Dairy Cow that tested positive for atypical BSE.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Network- but is also a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the LISTEN BAR below for today's show- and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
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