Exports to EU
The Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service reports that on Feb. 27 the European Commission authorized one genetically-engineered sugar beet crop and renewed the authorization of a GE maize crop for food and animal feed. These authorizations, which are valid for ten years, apply to food and feed for import and processing but do not cover cultivation. All products will be subject to the EU’s strict labeling and traceability rules.
Imports from Greece
Effective Feb. 16 and until further notice, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is restricting the importation of certain animal commodities originating from or transiting Greece based on the confirmation of foot-and-mouth disease in domestic cattle. Applicable restrictions include the following.
- The importation of live ruminants, camelids, swine, hedgehogs, tenrecs, and their germplasm originating from or transiting through Greece is prohibited.
- Processed porcine, ruminant, camelid, hedgehog, and tenrec products and byproducts (including milk), if arriving as cargo, must be accompanied by an APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the items were treated in accordance with APHIS requirements.
- Unprocessed porcine, ruminant, camelid, hedgehog, and tenrec products and byproducts (including milk), if arriving as cargo, are prohibited. In some cases such items can be imported if consigned directly from the port of arrival to an eligible USDA-approved establishment.
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