The U.S. Meat Export Federation is disappointed but not giving up on U.S. efforts to reverse new Russian restrictions on imports of U. S. beef, pork and poultry.

Russia’s new requirements that U.S. beef and pork imports be tested and certified free of leanness-additive Ractopamine, come just days after Congressional action to lift cold-war era trade sanctions on Russia and reap benefits from Moscow’s joining the WTO.

USMEF spokesman Joe Schoele