India requires certificates to import Beans from Brazil and here a new lockdown may affect the sector, by Ibrafe

Companies are looking for all possible technologies to defend their brands. When we started exporting in the late 2000s, traces of GMOs appeared in batches exported to India. They were detected there and here and one of the hypotheses is that there was “soy powder” in the hopper where the beans passed. Now, India has requested that Brazil examine each batch exported there, as they do not want to take the risk of receiving something with genetic modification. We know that GM beans have been multiplied and that someone has planted them. So, take this difficulty into account later on. This means cost and delay. A report takes time to be ready and is expensive. Exporters must request the issuance of the certificate at the International Agricultural Surveillance Unit (Vigiagro) for the goods to be ...