Ban on beef imports from Canada lifted

The Agriculture Ministry is seeking to assure local beef  farmers that the reopening of  beef  imports to Jamaica should not drive them out of business.
The Government placed a ban on Canadian beef  imports more than a decade ago, due to the Mad Cow disease. The ban was lifted this week. 

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of  Agriculture, Donovan Stanbury,  says this does not automatically mean there will be an increase in  imports. All it seeks to do is to increase the options as imports are allowed from the USA and other countries which are disease free.