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USDA okays entry of dry soup mixes
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Posted on Dec 16 1999
In a first major policy change in 10 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service has announced that dry soup mixes containing small quantities of beef will be allowed entry even if they come from countries where there are incidence of food and mouth disease.
This means that the Philippines, China and Hong Kong will no longer be required to present special certification, according to Mitchell Nelson, the agency’s director for Guam and the CNMI.
These dry soup mixes containing small quantities of beef, poultry, or pork arriving in passenger baggage and the mail will no longer be seized provided that there are no more than 15 individual packages per passenger . Entry of the soup mixes, regardless of packaging, will be allowed on condition that these did not come from countries affected with BSE.
Earlier, the USDA required beef or pork bouillon cubes without meat or bones certification from government animal health service stating that the meat from the product has been cooked to an internal temperature of 175F.
