Brazil sues EU at WTO because of the barriers against Brazilian salted chicken and peppered turkey

According to the Valor Econômico, the Brazilian government was alerted about that for a long time, but it only took the decision now, days after the visit from the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, to Brazil. The diplomat’s visit was an attempt to recover bilateral relations at a higher level. Brazil triggered the WTO dispute based on the argument that EU imposes “discriminatory sanitary controls for the detection of salmonella in salted chicken meat and turkey with pepper”. Itamaraty, the Brazilian foreign relations office, claims that there is no technical or scientific evidence to justify more strict criteria for salmonella detection in salted chicken meat and turkey with pepper compared to fresh poultry meat. Brazil forecasts new poultry production records The Brazilian poultry sector forecasts another year of record results in 2021. Despite many challenges in the internal economy and abroad, production outlooks look bright for poultry, eggs and pig meat. Read ...