China has announced a partial removal of the ban on U.S. beef exports, meaning that American beef companies can begin shipping products to China for the first time since a BSE outbreak in 2003. Bloomberg news reports that the ban on imports of U.S. bone-in beef and boneless beef for livestock under 30 months has been removed, with conditions, effective immediately, according to a statement on Thursday from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Imports must follow requirements under China’s traceability, inspection and quarantine systems.
Additionally, China removed a ban on similar beef products from Canada