APHIS to Loosen BSE Restrictions on Bovines, Bovine Products From Nicaragua

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is loosening requirements on importation of bovines and bovine products from Nicaragua, it said in a notice. APHIS will reclassify the country as having negligible risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, concurring with recommendations recently issued by the World Organization for Animal Health, the agency said. Nicaragua was previously classified as having controlled risk of BSE, a category for which imports face tighter restrictions.