Morocco has imported cattle from Brazil and Uruguay to address rising meat prices, despite Brazil's mad cow disease outbreak. The country has assured that the imported batch is not infected. The first batch of calves has been slaughtered in a Beni Mellal slaughterhouse, with representatives from the importing company, ONSSA, and economic affairs and regional coordination in attendance. Morocco imposes strict controls on imported live animals to ensure they are healthy, including checks at border inspection posts and quarantine in approved lazaretto barns.