date:May 21, 2012
at his department will take measures to protect the health of its citizens.
It is expected that this could lead to a 20% drop in US beef prices in Asian markets and Russia, with prices of beef from Brazil, Argentina and Australia rising by 3-7%.
Russian officials have said that they will not ban imports of beef from the US. Alexey Alekseenko, spokesman of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), said: Rosselkhoznadzor has already been notified abo