Saudi Arabia resumes beef imports from Brazil

Published 2021년 9월 17일

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The Saudi Arabian government has lifted its embargo on Brazilian beef imports, as announced by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority and confirmed by the Ministry of Agriculture. The embargo was imposed in September following the detection of atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or 'mad cow' disease cases in two Brazilian slaughterhouses. However, the World Organization for Animal Health reaffirmed Brazil as a country with low risk for BSE, leading to the lifting of the embargo.

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The government of Saudi Arabia decided to end the embargo on Brazilian beef imports last Thursday (16). The information was released by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), the Saudi government agency that regulates food and medicine in the country, and confirmed by the Ministry of Agriculture. Saudi Arabia had suspended purchases of beef from five Brazilian slaughterhouses after the notification of atypical cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), known as mad cow disease. of September. The motivation was related to the occurrence of a case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the state”, informed the Ministry of Agriculture in a statement. North (MT) and Belo Horizonte (MG). These were atypical cases – when the cause is a mutation in a single animal, and not through contamination between two or more cattle. Even so, the Brazilian government decided to temporarily suspend beef exports to China, ...

Source: Odocumento