Individual traceability plan for cattle and buffalo is a step forward for Brazilian livestock farming, says Abiec

The National Plan for Individual Traceability of Cattle and Buffaloes was announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) on Tuesday (17). The measure is considered a step forward by the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries (Abiec). The Plan is the result of a Working Group created by the Secretariat of Agricultural Defense, which included the participation of several entities in the production chain. “Its establishment will represent a significant advance in the efficiency of the country's agricultural defense, ensuring better control of quality and food safety and, consequently, boosting the opening of new markets and the maintenance of existing ones for Brazilian meat,” says Abiec, in a statement. Brazil is the world's largest exporter of beef and is already present in more than 150 countries. Although it already has a consolidated traceability system, based on the control of animal movement, through the Animal Transit Guide (GTA), today it is done ...