Egypt talks to Ireland about resuming live cattle trade

18 August 1997

Egypt talks to Ireland about resuming live cattle trade

IRISH live cattle exports to Egypt could restart soon. Farming leaders and Egyptian officials are meeting today in a bid to lift the ban on live cattle triggered by the BSE crisis.

The stumbling-block has been slaughtering methods. The Irish government has offered to pay for and install equipment needed to remove and destroy specified risk material in an Egyptian abbatoir.