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SPS Online.
Principles of the SPS Agreement.
APHIS and the General Approval Process.
Overview.
PPQ, VS and IS.
Other Agencies.
Plants and Plant Products.
Request to Export or Import.
Enterable Commodities.
Denial and Risk Assessment Determination.
Risk Assessment.
Entry with Inspection.
Mitigating Risk.
The Rulemaking Process.
Animals and Animal Products.
Regionalization.
Regionalization Request.
Regionalization Approval.
Risk Classification and Management.
Argentine Beef Example.
Conclusion.
Handouts.
Rulemaking Process.
Request Requirements.
Approval Process.

Animals and Animal Products

Argentine Beef Example

Argentine Beef.

A qualitative risk assessment conducted in 1996 was followed by a decision to allow the importation of Argentine Beef into the United States for the first time in about 40 years. A quantitative risk assessment was conducted in June 1997 by APHIS that supported that decision. The risk assessment used a scenario tree to assess the probability that fresh, chilled or frozen beef exported from Argentina would be contaminated with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus. The conclusions were that the risk is currently very low. On average it would take 1,862 years of FMD-free exports before export of an FMD-contaminated side would occur.

Argentine Beef Risk Assessment Conclusions:

1,862 years of FMD-free exports before export of an FMD-contaminated side would occur . Other data:o The last outbreak of FMD was in April 1994, o 90% of cattle in Argentina are vaccinated with an inactivated FMD vaccine, o 100% of the cattle are under a national FMD surveillance program, ando Argentina has been recognized by the OIE as free of FMD with vaccination.

The low risk benchmark (free-with-vaccination) has recently been applied to help implement the 20,000 metric ton tariff-rate quota negotiated for U.S. beef imports from Argentina. These imports could not have been accomplished under the three-category system previously employed.