China lifts ban on British beef
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from on (#3T1Q6)
250m deal allows official market access negotiations to begin, 20 years after beef was banned following the BSE outbreak
British beef will be back on the menu in China for the first time in more than 20 years, after it officially lifted the longstanding ban on exports from the UK.
More than two decades since the Chinese government first banned British beef after the BSE outbreak, the milestone is the culmination of several years of site inspections in the UK and negotiations between government officials.
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