Rawhide is not really a meat product, it is untanned hide/skin.Rawhide can carry diseases, such as anthrax, foot and mouth disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob (mad cow) disease, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).I have personally brought rawhide chews in from the US (checked at quarantine) and most rawhide chews that are sold in NZ are imported, primarily from China.