date:Oct 09, 2020
The first shipments of UK beef departed for the USA this week, marking an historic moment for UK farmers and food producers.
Following the USAs longstanding ban on EU beef introduced in the wake of the BSE outbreak in 1996 market access for UK beef was granted in March 2020. UK beef producers now have access to the US market for the first time in over 20 years.
The news means the sector can now begin to reap the economic benefits of trade with the US with industry estimating beef exports wi