In Brief: European "mad cow" products ban
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
European "mad cow" products ban: U.S. Trade Representative plans to continue to press the EU to exempt cosmetics, drugs, medical devices and other U.S. products from a ban on use of materials at risk of contamination by transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or "mad cow" disease. USTR and Commerce Department officials have indicated the U.S. government "will not comply" with the EU ban, "and will therefore not provide certifications to manufacturers, instead pushing for a broad exemption from the ban." The specified risk materials ban is slated to go into effect Jan. 1 ("The Rose Sheet" Nov. 17, p. 13)...