date:Jun 23, 2014
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The US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service first gave the green light to EU beef imports last November, but final audits of meat export plants commence here on June 30.
This is the end game now, said Agriculture Minister Mr Coveney: Mr Vilsack's job is done now in terms of the politics. I expect a formal announcement on this within six weeks.
While Ireland was only exporting 110t of beef to the US prior to the ban, meat industry analysts here believe tha