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BRF recalls chicken over salmonella fears

Brazilian meatpacker, BRF SA has recalled chicken produced between October and November last year in Dourados plant due to possible salmonella contamination. In a statement to the Brazilian Securities and…
Meat Feb, 13, 2019 0

Cattle slaughter growth slows in Q4 of 2018

According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Brazil’s cattle slaughter reached 8.1m heads in Q4 of 2018, up 0.4% year-on-year. However, the increment fell short of the…
Meat Feb, 12, 2019 0

Marfrig and Minerva given greenlight to export beef from Uruguay to Japan

Brazilian meatpackers, Marfrig Global Foods SA and Minerva SA have received authorization to ship fresh beef to Japan from Uruguay. In December the Uruguayan government signed an agreement with Japan…
Meat Feb, 12, 2019 0

Abrafrigo projects 150,000 tons of beef exports to Russia this year

Brazil’s Slaughterhouse Association, Abrafrigo, estimates exports of around 150,000 tons of fresh and processed beef to Russia this year. According to the association, exports should return to normal following the…
Economy Feb, 08, 2019 0

ABPA reports a fall in chicken and pork exports in January

Brazil’s Animal Protein Association, ABPA, announced Brazil’s chicken exports fell 14.7% to 281,800 tons in January, compared to the same month last year. Meanwhile, pork exports registered a 10.7% volume…
Live Cattle Exports
Meat Feb, 07, 2019 0

Brazilian live cattle exports nearly double in 2018

Brazil’s live cattle exports reached 790,000 heads in 2018, up from 407,000 the previous year, according to Secex data. Turkey is still Brazil’s main live cattle destination, even after the…
Ports and Terminals Feb, 01, 2019 0

Santa Catarina registers a 5.5% increase in poultry exports

Although Brazil’s poultry industry suffered a slower season last year, Santa Catarina saw the opposite. Poultry exports were up by 5.5% in 2018, YoY. According to the Santa Catarina Federation of Industries…
Meat Jan, 24, 2019 0

Saudi ban impacts 5 Brazilian poultry plants

Brazil’s chicken export industry continues to face obstacles as its largest fresh and processed poultry destination, Saudi Arabia, has placed a ban that impacts 5 poultry plants currently exporting to…
Meat Jan, 09, 2019 0

Brazil’s beef exports rise a record 10.3% in 2018

Secex data shows that Brazil’s beef exports reached a record volume in 2018, up 10.3% to 1.639m tons YoY. Revenues from beef exports increased by 8% year-on-year to US$6.5bn.  The…
Meat Jan, 04, 2019 0

2018 a challenging year for Brazil’s meat exports

The combined effect of embargoes imposed by the EU and Russia, Chinese anti-dumping measures, and strict ‘halal’ meat slaughtering requirements, culminated in slower meat shipments last year according to the…