Biltong governing the importation of meat-based products from non-EU countries laid down by HM Customs and Excise and its successor HM Revenue and Customs, thus it is made in the UK. In the United States, biltong is relatively rare as beef jerky has been traditionally the more popular dried meat snack. Within the last five years, biltong has begun a small emergence within the United States, particularly from South African immigrants who have brought their local culture and foods with them. This has been most common in affluent areas of major cities where the local population can afford to experience a
The Cured treated and cured of the virus. The remaining 25% have proven resistant to the cure. The two groups are defined categorically as the Cured and the Resistant. The disease began five years earlier, and some of the Cured were in a feral state for nearly that long while Ireland was in a long-term national emergency. Many people in the general populace fear that keeping the Resistant alive could easily lead to another outbreak, and there is a considerable amount of civil unrest by the Irish citizenry. Senan, a young Irish man of about 25, is introduced as a Cured patient