The EU anti-hormones in beef

The Cold War of the meat market between the United States and the European Commission continues

Probably many will be curious to find out what the problem with the ban of meat from the United States , there are not only in Russia . Rosselkhoznadzor refused to buy pork grown with the use of ractopamine , while the EU has serious complaints about the quality of U.S. beef .

EU has long blocked the import of beef produced in the United States with the use of hormones. In response, the United States imposed tariffs on imports of European products , which, however, were suspended in 2009, following the introduction of the EU duty-free cats on imports of U.S. beef in the amount of 45 thousand tons per year.

finally solve the problem once again try to Brussels , where recently a delegation from the United States to negotiate a trade agreement . During the event, the European Commission is making every effort to remove from the road all the possible stumbling blocks that prevent the signing of the agreement. Beef grown on hormones , of course , is a list of them .

agreement on the suspension of import duties for the United States to European countries expired on August 1. Before February 1, the parties will have to take the decision to extend or cancel the import quotas and import duties renew .

It is worth noting that today's rules stipulated in the agreement for the supply of beef from the U.S. to Europe , saying only that the beef must be produced from cattle aged under 30 months , fed for 100 days prior to slaughter feed the concentration of chemical products not more than 62 %.