China Imposes Quarantine and Inspection Requirements for Italian Beef Imports
China implemented inspection and quarantine requirements for imports of Italian beef, in an Oct. 26 announcement from China's General Administration of Customs, according to an unofficial translation. The measures apply to frozen and chilled boneless skeletal muscle of cattle under…
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30 months of age. Minced meat and other cattle byproducts are not allowed to be exported to China, the requirements said. Exporters need to be registered with the General Administration of Customs, and the cattle itself must be born, raised and slaughtered in Italy while coming from a farm that does not have any risk of mad cow disease, the measures said.