BRASILIA UNHAPPY AS EUROPEAN COMMISSION DRAFTS BAN ON EU MEAT EXPORTS FROM BRAZIL
April 1st, 2018
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed stopping 20 Brazilian companies exporting meat products into the European Union (EU), following a unanimous vote at the April 18-19 European Commission special committee of member state experts on plants, animals, food and feed.
A Commission spokesperson told GlobalMeatNews the measure delisting companies from those allowed to export poultry meat “relates to deficiencies detected in the Brazilian official control system”. She said it would apply two days after publication in the EU’s Official Journal, which, unless the ...
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