Brazil: Highlights of the day; what was news this Tuesday (May 11, 2021)

Published 2021년 5월 12일

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Saudi Arabia has suspended export authorizations for chicken meat from eleven Brazilian slaughterhouses, owned by JBS, due to violations of microbiological standards. This comes as a surprise, given the recent increase in Brazilian chicken exports by 15.3% in April. Meanwhile, the quality of the second-crop corn in Paraná has deteriorated by 3% due to drought, and there is a lack of containers for green coffee exports, which were down by 7.1% in April. The Business Council for Sustainable Development and 15 other companies are emphasizing the importance of sustainable Food Systems in Brazil, ahead of the 1st UN Food Systems Summit in September.

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Goodnight! Check out the highlights of this Tuesday (11/5) on the website of Revista Globo Rural. Contaminated meat Production line in poultry slaughterhouse preparing chicken meat for consumption (Photo: Reproduction) Three days after suspending the export authorization for chicken meat from eleven Brazilian slaughterhouses, Saudi Arabia communicated to the Brazilian government the reasons for adopting such measure . According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), the Saudi authorities sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy of Brazil in Riyadh, capital of the country, last Sunday (9/5) pointing out that “products exported by the companies involved would have exceeded limits and microbiological standards established in Technical Regulation No. GSO 1016/2015 ". The document, however, does not specify what was identified, what type of test was carried out or on which cargoes shipped to the country the problems were found. Of the eleven suspended plants, seven are controlled by ...

Source: Agroinforme