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Article: Science wins out! Canadian cattle trade resumes: meat associations, processors praise the reversal of the Canadian import ban.(CANADIAN BEEF REPORT)
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- The National Provisioner
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- August 1, 2005
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Four days after the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a preliminary injunction blocking imports of Canadian cattle, the first shipment of Canadian cattle crossed from Ontario into New York en route to a processing plant in Pennsylvania.
"This is great news for the future of the U.S. beef industry," said USDA Secretary Mike Johanns," specifically the many ranchers, feeders, and processing plants that have been struggling to make ends meet due to the closed border."
Montana Judge Richard Cebull issued the preliminary injunction on April 26, 2004, blocking the USDA from reopening the border after a Canadian case of BSE led to the closing. The ...