Brazil warns that it is investigating a possible case of mad cow

Published Feb 20, 2023

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The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock is investigating a suspected case of 'mad cow disease', which could lead to a suspension of beef exports to China. This suspension would be necessary as per the sanitary protocol signed with China, and the temporary beef supply would be covered by Uruguay and Argentina. The last detection of a similar case in Brazil was in September 2021. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or 'mad cow disease' was first discovered in the European Union in 1986 and has since caused hundreds of human deaths. It is primarily transmitted among cattle through the consumption of meat meal from affected animals.

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The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock reported Monday that it is analyzing a suspected case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (“mad cow disease”), something that, if confirmed, will force the suspension of beef exports to to China. "The suspicion has already been submitted to laboratory analysis for confirmation or not and, depending on the result, the corresponding actions will be applied immediately," it was officially reported. The last time Brazil detected a case of atypical "local cow disease", which is generated by an individual mutation, was in September 2021, which led to the suspension of meat shipments to China for several months. If the case is confirmed, Brazil must officially report it to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and, in accordance with the provisions of the sanitary protocol signed with China, suspend shipments until the authorities of the Asian nation decide otherwise. Within this framework, the temporary supply "batch" left by ...

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