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FSIS updates guidelines for imported veal

Netherlands is eligible to export non-intact and intact veal for non-intact use

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has determined that the Netherlands is eligible to export raw, non-intact and intact veal intended for non-intact use.

The Netherlands has been eligible to export raw, intact veal intended for intact use to the US since March 2016. The FSIS was withholding permission for the export of veal for non-intact use until a review of the Netherlands’ Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) verification activities was completed. The review determined that the verification activities are sufficient.

Casey Laughman is the former Editor in Chief of Food Engineering magazine. He has almost two decades’ experience as a writer and editor for mainstream and trade publications. He spent several years as a writer and editor for two news services before becoming the editor of a legal publication and managing editor of a trade magazine that covered the commercial facilities market.