Originally Posted by CDTraveler

Customs has made it very clear to me that no beef can be brought into the U.S. from outside, ever. I tried to bring home a can of French cat food that included beef as about the fourth ingredient and got a long lecture on how even one can of cat food could introduce mad cow disease into the U.S. food supply.

It is even less likely that you would be allowed to bring beef meant for human consumption into the U.S.

Originally Posted by USG

The importation of fresh, dried or canned meats or meat products is generally not allowed from most foreign countries into the United States. This includes products that have been prepared with meat.

Beef and beef products from a country not known to be infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) generally are enterable. However, like all other food items the meat must be unopened and commercially label indicating the country of origin and meat type.