[comrade1234]

Out of curiosity I looked up the cost to south American beef producers like Argentina/brazil. The extra constant animal inspections costs ~$10 per cattle up until slaughter I think. Not a huge cost but a pain nonetheless.

[boelboel]

$10 in Brazil/Argentine would be significantly more in the US because of labour costs I assume. Is there any training needed for the inspections/enough people who could do it on a short notice in the US? Could drive up the price even more.

Not that I believe it'll drive up the price that much but I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being 50-70 USD per in the US.

[dcrazy]

Surely the bigger issue is not the inspections, but the loss of infected livestock?

[marcosdumay]

It's not some contagious disease that will spread to every animal. One can just treat the infected cattle until they get healthy again.