Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 54 Series of 2021, Temporary Ban on the Importation of Live Cattle, Meat and Meat Products Derived from Cattle from Brazil

The Order signed on 16 September 2021 institutes the following measures for the importation of meat and meat by-products derived from cattle from Brazil:
1) Temporary suspension of the processing of the application and issuance of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Import Clearance of meat and meat by-products derived from cattle including live cattle importation; 
2) All shipments in transit/loaded/accepted unto port before the official communication of this Order to the Brazilian authorities shall be allowed provided the slaughter and production date is on or before 31 August 2021;
3) All previously approved SPS Import Clearances which were not yet in transit/loaded/accepted unto port after the official communication of this Order to the Brazilian authorities are hereby revoked;
4) Shipments with ship out date after the communication of this Order to the Brazilian authorities shall be dealt with as per DA Administrative Order 9 series of 2010, Section IV.D;
5) More rigorous and tight inspection on all arrivals of meat and meat by-products derived from cattle including live cattle by DA Veterinary Quarantine Officers assigned at ports of entry.