(Sound) Like in the summer of 2008, when demonstrations against American beef imports made the front pages of newspapers around the world.
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This year, chefs were told the meat selection (Irish beef) six months before the competition, as opposed to a year, and the fish two months ahead of time.
Peruvian food has gone international in recent years with television chefs such as Acurio taking the likes of cerviche and lomo saltado (a Chinese-Peruvian fusion dish made with shredded beef) into the mainstream.
It wants to respond to growing public concern about genetically engineered food, and thus to reserve the right to reject imports of certain products (it is already in a dispute with the Americans over imports of hormone-treated beef).