US intends to import brazilian meat this month

According to the Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, the country expects the United States to approve imports of brazilian meat, sending, by the end of August, the report on the sanitary mission on visits to Brazilian refrigerators in June with the goal of ending the embargo on exports of Brazilian fresh meat, which has been going on for two years.

The inspection of Brazilian refrigerators was carried out by technicians from the USDA. It reached plants in six states: São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Mato Grosso do Sul. Federal public laboratories were audited and regional visits were made to the national animal inspection service.

The United States suspended imports of fresh meat from Brazilian meatpackers in June 2017 after detecting abscesses (inflammations) in beef shipments from Brazil.

Vietnam also inspects

Tereza Cristina also said that Vietnam Veterinary Service technicians are in Brazil carrying out inspections to authorize Brazilian exports of standing cattle. For the minister, there is the possibility of also enabling Brazilian meat fridges in natura. In contrast, the Vietnamese want to sell their shrimp to Brazil.

Recently, Indonesia, through its Agriculture Minister Andi Sulaiman, has also promised to open the market to Brazilian meat, setting a quota for Brazilian protein and conducting a visiting mission to learn about production methods.

With information from Valor

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