Two Decades After Mad Cow, British Beef Is Heading to U.S. Again
- U.K. resumes shipments ahead of end of Brexit transition
- Agriculture talks have proven tense in free-trade discussions
Photographer: Suzanne Plunkett/Bloomberg
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British beef is on the way to the U.S. for the first time in at least two decades, at a time when food remains a sticking point between the countries in post-Brexit trade talks.
The first shipment left on Wednesday from a plant in Northern Ireland, and trade could total 66 million pounds ($85 million) over the next five years, the U.K. government said in a statement. The U.S. had banned British supplies since a mad-cow disease outbreak in Europe in 1996, but lifted restrictions earlier this year.