BRAZIL ENVOY SAYS PROBES INDICATE NO HEALTH RISK ASSOCIATED WITH BRAZILIAN MEAT CORRUPTION SCANDAL
April 1st, 2017
THE BRAZILIAN government is taking urgent and comprehensive action to fight corruption and collusion between food inspectors and Brazil’s meat industry, an envoy to Brussels has told GlobalMeatNews.
The first secretary of the Brazilian mission to the European Union (EU), Henrique Choer Moraes, Moraes said that until now, technical analyses of the problem has not indicated risks to public health. Rather, they point to ingredient fraud, such as allowing water in chicken and starch in sausages exceeding permitted quantities.
He was speaking after a March 28 ...
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