3-8 news: Russia reopens market to U.S. pork imports
Talks between the two countries have "led to the development of a new veterinary certificate to ensure that pork exports from the U.S. meet specific Russian microbiological and tetracycline-group antibiotic residue requirements," the USDA said in a statement, according to AFP News.
"Exports are extremely important to the U.S. pork industry," USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said. "Reopening the market with Russia -- our fifth largest market last year -- is excellent news for American hog producers."