Operation combats meat smuggling on the border between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), with support from the Federal Police (PF), carried out another Operation Ronda Agro of the Agricultural Defense Surveillance Program for International Borders (Vigifronteira) to combat meat smuggling in the Paraná municipality of Foz do Iguaçu, on the border with Argentina and Paraguay In the action, two establishments that sell products of animal and vegetable origin were inspected. In one of the establishments, the storage, handling and commercialization of products of animal origin (beef, sheep, goats, poultry and shrimp) of unknown origin, packaged with false labeling and lacking mandatory information such as manufacturing dates, expiration date, was identified. and batch number. In the same location, a sausage factory without registration with the Department of Agriculture of Foz do Iguaçu and with its health certificate having expired since April 2023 was also identified. In addition to the identification of national meat ...