Saudi Arabia suspends beef purchases from five Brazilian plants

Published Sep 14, 2021

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Saudi Arabia has suspended beef imports from five Brazilian plants in Minas Gerais due to two atypical cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease. These cases, the fourth and fifth in Brazil over 23 years, were detected during pre-slaughter inspections and do not pose a risk to human or animal health. Despite this, other Arab countries continue to purchase Brazilian beef. The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply (MAPA) has notified the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) of the cases, but Brazil's country risk status for BSE remains insignificant, with no expected impact on animal and product trade.

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São Paulo – Saudi Arabia suspended beef purchases from five Brazilian plants in the state of Minas Gerais due to two atypical cases of mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), registered in Brazil. Earlier this month, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply (MAPA) confirmed the cases in Canaã do Norte, Mato Grosso, and Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais. The MAP explained in a note that atypical cases occur spontaneously and sporadically and are not related to the ingestion of contaminated food, not representing a risk to human and animal health. The cases were detected in a pre-slaughter inspection. According to the MAPA, these were the fourth and fifth cases of atypical BSE registered in over 23 years of health surveillance for the disease. According to the Ministry, there has never been any record of classic cases of mad cow disease in Brazil. In an interview this Tuesday (14), the Secretary-General and CEO of the Arab Brazilian ...

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