EU intends to create new regulation for beef exports

The European Union will ban the import of beef from deforested areas. Beef importers will soon have to prove that their suppliers don't farm on recently cleared land. Political groups reached an agreement that will require operators that export to the block to collect geographic information on where the animals were raised. With the regulation, soy and cattle that come from deforested land, did not enter EU markets. The purpose of the measure is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow down the loss of biodiversity in the regions from which goods are imported. The regulation still needs formal ...