Buenos Aires, Argentina — Less than a year ago, Argentine beef was sizzling. Posh New York restaurants highlighted the fork-tender meat on their menus. Praise poured in from London and Chicago. A campaign urged the world to "eat Argentine beef."
This week, countries around the world shut their doors to Argentine beef after officials confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among Argentine herds. Authorities have identified at least three infected sites. Suddenly the proud cattle-ranching country finds itself struggling to prove what virtually all Argentines consider to be fact, that their country's meat is among the best.
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