Changing The Rules

Regulations on imports of frozen beef and live cattle in Indonesia are set to be changed from a country-based classification to a zone-based system. Currently, beef are only allowed to be imported from Australia and New Zealand.

August 13, 2012

In the midst of an uproar over the circulation of illegally imported beef in the run-up to the Idul Fitri holidays, the House of Representatives (DPR) is quietly preparing a legislation to change the rules on importing beef. The uproar relates to current cattle import limitations, specifically to illegal imports of frozen beef from India, a country which is not completely free from foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease, a highly infectious plague for anim

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