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The American Veal Association (AVA) is extremely disappointed in an apparent decision by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to allow imports of veal from the Netherlands into the United States. The AVA is concerned the agency has failed to fully assess the Netherlands' inspection and production system for veal in making its determination that the Dutch system is equivalent to the U.S. system.

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