EUROPEAN COMMISSION MOVES TO BAN BRAZILIAN BEEF OVER FMD OUTBREAK
January 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is moving to ban all Brazilian beef imports from today (Jan 31) following concerns about Brazil's handling of its latest foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. The European Commission had not wanted to impose a blanket ban and had instead offered Brazil a jointly-agreed list of FMD-safe producers, who would export to Europe. However, Brussels and Brasilia were unable to settle on producers who should be included, with the Commission questioning whether producers proposed by Brazil were truly FMD-free. EU health Commissioner ...
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