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USMEF Reacts Cautiously To Hormone Ban Proposal
DENVER, Colo. U.S. Meat
Export Federation (USMEF) offi
cials were cautiously optimistic
about a proposal from the Euro
pean Union (EU) to convene a
broad-based conference for the
purpose of reevaluating the EU
ban on beef produced with growth
promotants, or hormones.
EU Ag Commissioner Franz
Fischler made the announcement
at the Tenth Worid Meat Congress
in Denver as the next step in re
solving the long-standing trade
dispute with the U.S.
“It was significant for the Com
missioner to acknowledge public
ly that the hormone ban has be
come a food safety problem in
Europe,” laid USMEF president
and CEO Philip M. Seng. “Con
vening a conference to being a
comprehensive, sci
ence-based perspective
to this issue could be a
positive step in resolv
ing the ban.”
Seng stressed that the
outcome must be based
on sound science and
not consumer attitudes.
“The scientific data
leaves no question that
government-tested and
approved growth pro
motants, properly regu
lated, represent no
health risk whatsoever
to livestock or the pub
lic,” said Seng.
The use of FDA ap
proved growth promo
tants improves the
tenderness of U.S. beef
and increases produc
tion efficiency by as
much as 20 percent,
which reduces the cost
to consumers. Since the
EU hormone ban went
into effect in 1990, U.S.
beef exports to EU na
tions have been effec
tively blocked.
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Fischler said the conference
will be held this autumn, and that
it would be a balanced assessment
of what will be in the long-term
interest of the meat industry.
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which will also be attended by
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representatives. Members of the
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Seng also expressed concern for
the timing of the conference. “I
would like to see the conference
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