APHIS did determine, however, that the amendments to the regulations allowing, under certain conditions, the importation of fresh, chilled, or frozen pork from the State of Sonora, Mexico, into the United States could be issued as a final rule at this time.
Before the amendment, it was hard to obtain pork from Mexico.
mnli hypothesis: Before the amendment, it was hard to obtain pork from Mexico. premise: APHIS did determine, however, that the amendments to the regulations allowing, under certain conditions, the importation of fresh, chilled, or frozen pork from the State of Sonora, Mexico, into the United States could be issued as a final rule at this time.