# Foot-And-Mouth Disease: USDA's Evaluations of Foreign Animal Health Systems Could Benefit from Better Guidance and Greater Transparency | U.S. GAO

> A GAO report found that USDA's process for evaluating foreign animal health systems lacks detailed documentation guidance, creating reliability and transparency concerns. The report recommends USDA improve its guidance for approving countries that export beef to the US. It warns that a domestic foot-and-mouth outbreak could cost the US beef industry billions.

- Date: 2017-04-28 · published 2017-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71455-foot-and-mouth-disease-usda-s-evaluations-of-foreign-animal-health-systems
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The report flags risk that infected imported beef could trigger an outbreak, which would be a major price shock to cattle. Its direct effect on near-term prices is limited because it is an oversight review rather than a policy change.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

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## Sources

- gao.gov: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-17-373

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