[general Administration of Customs: lifting ban on the export of eviscerated beef under 30 months of age in Poland and Belgium] the official of the Animal and Plant Quarantine Department of the General Administration of Customs said in response to a reporter's question on lifting the ban on eviscerated beef under 30 months of age in Poland and Belgium that based on the relevant rules of the World Organization for Animal Health and the results of risk assessment, the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Agriculture and Village recently issued a joint announcement. Lift the ban on the export of eviscerated beef under the age of 30 months in Poland and Belgium. Due to the outbreak of mad cow disease in Poland and Belgium, China issued a notice in March 2001 banning the export of beef from the two countries to China.