China increases by 80% the samples of meat from Uruguay for biological residues

Starting last Monday, Chinese authorities notified Uruguay that the number of samples taken from Uruguayan beef arriving at port would increase by 80% following the detection of fluazuron traces in a shipment. This was confirmed by the president of the Chamber of the Meat Industry, Daniel Belerati, on the radio program Tiempo de Cambio of Rural Radio. "This is a consequence of the detection of at least two shipments, we know of the return to Uruguay of two containers with around 28 tons each of beef that did not meet the levels agreed upon in the protocols with China, nor even the levels agreed upon by the OIE, the International Organization of Animal Diseases, and it leads us to an extremely risky situation," Belerati pointed out. "Suppose 20 containers out of every 100 were reviewed, now 36 containers out of every 100 will be reviewed, which statistically increases the possibility of detecting some kind of anomaly," he exemplified. "We are very eager to know what measures the ...