Four countries lift embargo on Brazilian meat after China

Four more countries followed China's example and once again allowed the import of Brazilian beef, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed this Thursday (23) evening. Itamaraty did not report which countries were. He only informed, in a note, that six countries continue to block the product: Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Iran, Russia and Thailand. After a month of embargo due to a case of atypical (non-transmissible) mad cow disease in Pará, China, the main buyer of Brazilian beef, announced the reopening of imports. The announcement was made by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro, who met this Thursday with the Minister of General Administration of Chinese Customs (GACC), Yu Jianhua. Fávaro arrived in China before President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who arrives in the Asian country on Monday (26) and will spend a week on an official trip with a delegation of ministers, parliamentarians and businessmen. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its network of ...