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Montevideo, May 5th 2024 - 03:12 UTC

Tag: Jon Tester

  • Monday, April 8th 2024 - 19:35 UTC

    The rule on Paraguay's fresh beef exports to US held by Congress

    In remarks before the vote, Senator Tester said President Biden, “butchered” the decision on Paraguayan imports.

    The United States Senate last week passed a resolution overturning the US Department of Agriculture rule allowing Paraguayan fresh beef imports. The next step in the process in the House of Representatives where the show of bipartisan consensus is expected to be repeated, reported the US Beef Newsletter.

  • Tuesday, March 26th 2024 - 20:55 UTC

    Asunción's Lower House condemns US Senate's decision banning Paraguayan beef

    After the first shipment in January, Paraguay's beef is facing a Congressional rejection in Washington DC

    Paraguay's Lower House unanimously passed a resolution objecting to the US Senate's decision to ban meat imports from the South American country while urging lawmakers in Washington DC to honor the technical reports attesting to the safety of the merchandise, it was reported in Asunción.

  • Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 - 08:15 UTC

    Montana Senator presents bill to suspend Brazilian beef sales to the United States

    Senator Tester argues Brazil took much longer to inform OIE about the cases than other countries that faced a similar problem

    United States Senator for the cattle breeding state of Montana, Jon Tester has presented a bill to suspend beef imports from Brazil. The congressman alleges that the Brazilian authorities were slow to notify the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) about the two cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as “mad cow disease”, confirmed in September, and which led to an agreed ban con beef exports to China.