R-CALF USA: USDA's action to allow raw Brazilian beef imports is purely political and terribly reckless.
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R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s announcement for the nearly simultaneous market reopening (the U.S. market to raw Brazilian beef and Brazil is reopening its market to U.S. beef) reads like talking points created by high-paid, multinational meatpacker lobbyists.
Vilsack stated in his announcement: ‘The Brazilian market offers excellent long-term potential for U.S. beef exporters. The United States looks forward to providing Brazil’s 200-million-plus consumers, and growing middle class, with high-quality American beef and beef products.’
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