Government halts beef production to China

The Ministry of Agriculture determined Wednesday that slaughterhouses qualified to export beef to China suspend any new production destined for the Asian country. Brazil halted meat exports to China 45 days ago.Brazil voluntarily suspended its sales to the Chinese market on September 4 to follow a sanitary protocol signed between the two countries after the confirmation of two atypical cases of the mad cow disease in Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais. Although sales have been halted by the decision of the Brazilian government, it is up to China to determine the end of the embargo, which has not yet occurred.Unlike what happens with classic cases of mad cow disease, in which the animal can contract the disease from contaminated feed, in the atypical cases, the disease develops spontaneously, and the risk of contamination is minimal. Brazil has never recorded a classic case of mad cow. The World Organization for Animal Health has already declared that the risk of...

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