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BEEF
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Hospitality
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| Only chilled
and frozen meat is imported, no fresh
meat is imported from the continent for
fear of spreading foot and mouth disease. |
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fresh meat includes all meat not salted or
cooked.
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Storage temperature for chilled
beef when packed in layers in refrigerated
ships is minus 20oC.
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Chilled meat is imported from Argentina
and Uruguay (beef) and after slaughter,
the beef is cooked, graded and quartered
and hung during transit in a non-freezing
temperature in a sterile refrigerated
container. It must be sold quickly after
arrival in port.
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