Philippines temporarily ban beef imports from Australia
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Last Update: 2002-12-05
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Source: Internet
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Introduction: due to the outbreak of anthrax in some parts of Australia, the Philippine government has ordered to suspend the import of beef from Australia The animal Bureau of the Philippine Ministry of Agriculture said that the Ministry of agriculture has temporarily suspended the issuance of permits for the import of beef from Australia, and Australian beef on its way to the Philippines will be closely monitored However, the ban on beef imports from Australia does not include the import of live cattle from Australia, because animals infected with anthrax can not survive for 48 hours, while live cattle are transported from Australia to the Philippines for more than 48 hours, so people can rest assured The Philippines is one of the major importers of Australian beef and live cattle Last year, the Philippines imported 95000 live cattle from Australia, 58.5% less than the previous year's 229000 Philippines used to import 30000-35000 tons of beef from Australia every year But from January to November this year, the Philippines imported only 15700 tons of beef from Australia (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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