British beef exports to the USA have begun again after a 20 year break.
It was banned after the BSE outbreak in 1996, when cattle were infected by ‘Mad Cow Disease’.
Some beef from the UK was cleared for export in March after US inspections in 2019, and shipments from Northern Ireland will be the first to be shipped.
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, a body funded by farmers and the supply chain, called the resumption of exports a “historic moment”.