He said Agriculture Minister Tony Burke must be congratulated for listening to the people of Australia.

Only Mr Katter was recently thrown out of the Chamber for interjecting when the Minister for Trade, Simon Crean, defended the Government's decision to allow beef from countries with mad cow disease.

"I wanted to know why the Trade Minister was defending a decision that was about protecting our health and environment, and job-creating industries," Mr Katter said.

Fortunately, the Agriculture Minister has now stepped in to defend public health and Australia's million-dollar cattle industry."

However, Mr Katter said he now treads with the trepidation of "once bitten twice shy."

"Minister Burke has called for a 'review', leaving it up to Biosecurity Australia to undertake an import risk assessment," he said.

"This is the same mob that allowed beef in from Brazil (foot and mouth disease), grapes from California (Pearce disease), chicken meat from Asia (avian flu) - all countries have devastating infectious diseases not yet found in Australia."

He also said that free trade should never come before the health of Australians and the protection of industry and environment.