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Taiwan opens doors to more Canadian beef 20 years after mad cow disease

Taiwan imposed import restrictions on beef from animals both over and under 30 months in 2003
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Cattle look out from a pen at the Thorlakson Feedyards near Airdrie, Alta., Thursday, May 28, 2020. Canada says it has regained market access to Taiwan for Canadian beef and beef products from animals over 30 months of age. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canada says it has regained market access to Taiwan for Canadian beef and beef products from animals over 30 months of age.

Taiwan imposed import restrictions on beef from animals both over and under 30 months in 2003 after the discovery of Canada’s first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

The government says Taiwan lifted restrictions for under-30-month beef in 2016.

In a press release Friday, the federal government says the regained access will be an opportunity to expand Canadian beef exports to Taiwan and diversify export markets in the Indo-Pacific Region.

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