{"id":107857,"date":"2025-07-31T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/107857\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:24:10","slug":"canada-says-australia-has-re-opened-market-access-for-beef-beef-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/107857\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada says Australia has re-opened market access for beef, beef products"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia has lifted a 22-year-old ban on the import of Canadian beef and beef products, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Tuesday, a move that brings relief to farmers but is unlikely to spur major new sales.<\/p>\n

Australia imposed import restrictions on Canadian beef in 2003, following the discovery of Canada’s first domestic case of mad cow disease. It lifted a similar ban on U.S. beef imports last week.<\/p>\n

Canada’s government celebrated the long-awaited resumption of access to the Australian market.<\/p>\n

“With restored access to Australia, a key market in the Indo-Pacific, we can unlock more opportunities for our producers to deliver the top-quality beef we’re known for,” said federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald.<\/p>\n

WATCH\u00a0| Canadian beef imports will no longer be banned in Australia for the first time in more than two decade:<\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

Canadian beef back on the menu in Australia after 22-year ban<\/p>\n

Australia has lifted its ban on imports of Canadian beef products, a trade restriction introduced in 2003 when an Alberta-born cow first tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease.<\/p>\n

Analysts are skeptical about how much North American beef can be exported to Australia because the U.S. has a major deficit and is importing beef from Australia, Canada and other suppliers.<\/p>\n

“U.S. beef is still very highly priced compared to Australian beef,” said Resilient Capital analyst Jerry Klassen.<\/p>\n

“North American beef is really the highest-priced in the world.”<\/p>\n

The Canadian Cattle Association, which represents farmers and feedlots that raise cattle, celebrated the Australian market reopening, saying in a news release it was one of the last remaining countries to have maintained mad cow disease restrictions on Canadian beef.<\/p>\n

Canada’s cattle ranchers were devastated by the 2003 restrictions placed upon Canadian beef exports because much of the country’s beef production is exported, especially to the U.S.<\/p>\n

Ranchers celebrating market opening<\/p>\n

Beef producers in Canada are celebrating the decision, even among cattle ranchers like Charlie Christie, who won’t be directly sending his products to Australia.<\/p>\n

“Any time you take more beef in a market, you’re affecting everybody. So it’ll raise all boats so to speak,” said Christie.<\/p>\n

“When you’re taking beef out of the supply chain and sending it elsewhere, that opens up opportunity for all other types of production as well.”<\/p>\n

Christie added that any good news for the industry gives him optimism for the future of his business.<\/p>\n

While the ripple effect of the Australian market opening up may not mean dramatic improvements for Canada’s beef industry, Canadian Cattle Association general manager Ryder Lee said it’s still a positive sign.<\/p>\n

“It’s not a big mover of the marketplace, I don’t see. But [it’s] a good sign, a trading nation following science and rules-based trade,” said Lee. “That’s who we try to be, and I’m glad to add this to the list of opportunities for export.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia has lifted a 22-year-old ban on the import of Canadian beef and beef products, the Canadian Food…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":107858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-107857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114948542570656653","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}