date:Sep 23, 2013
Russia and the UK have signed a red meat export deal, which finally puts to an end the 18 year long ban on British beefand lamb, imposed after the BSE crisis of the mid 1990s.
The British Government predicts that the deal could be worth 100 million to its meat industry over the next three years.
It includes an agreement for UK meat processor ABP Dorset in Yetminster to supply lamb worth 7 million to a Russian distributor.
UK Environment Secretary Owen Patterson headed the British delegation (