In a rare show of bipartisan consensus, the Senate easily passed a resolution Thursday to overturn USDA’s rule allowing Paraguayan fresh beef imports. The resolution now moves to the House for consideration.
Last November, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service finalized a rule allowing fresh beef imports from Paraguay. The new rule only allows imports if foot-and-mouth disease has not been diagnosed in the exporting region over the past year. Beef must also originate from an area where the disease has not been detected over an imported animal’s lifespan. Additionally,…
