Senasa denies that Brazilian roast beef entered Patagonia, as claimed by a business entity

This week, information emerged that, if true, would reveal a serious violation of the sanitary barrier, a measure still in effect, at least until June 16. In dialogue with the Río Negro media outlet, José Luis Bunter, vice president of the Federation of Business Entities in that province, assured that Brazilian roast is already being sold on the shelves of a supermarket in El Bolsón. According to what the leader said, they detected bone-in meat cuts from the neighboring country in a supermarket. This is a possibility that has been speculated about in recent weeks, as Senasa intends to relax the regulations that prevent bone-in meat from entering the region, and Brazil would also be declared "foot-and-mouth disease-free without vaccination" this very week, and therefore would have no restrictions preventing such trade. But the truth is that neither of these things has happened so far, and therefore this trade remains strictly prohibited by the sanitary restriction in the area. ...