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Possible Ban On Beef From Brazil Could Create Opportunities For Other Exporters

According to a bulletin sent by the London-based International Meat Trade Association (IMTA) to its members Wednesday (April 30), the European Union (EU) has warned Brazil that if it does not satisfactorily address shortcomings in its animal health controls by the end of 2007, the EU will ban all chilled and frozen beef imports from Brazil.

IMTA has advised its members that the EU has made it clear it will not consider extending the deadline it has given Brazil for remedying the deficiencies in its controls that were identified by an EU audit team that recently returned from Brazil.

“The absence of Brazil from the EU beef market would fundamentally change the supply picture,” said John Brook, USMEF regional director of Europe, Russia and the Middle East. “EU meat buyers could be expected to look to other, more reliable sources of supply, including the United States.”

European Union

Possible Ban On Beef From Brazil Could Create Opportunities For Other Exporters

According to a bulletin sent by the London-based International Meat Trade Association (IMTA) to its members Wednesday (April 30), the European Union (EU) has warned Brazil that if it does not satisfactorily address shortcomings in its animal health controls by the end of 2007, the EU will ban all chilled and frozen beef imports from Brazil.

IMTA has advised its members that the EU has made it clear it will not consider extending the deadline it has given Brazil for remedying the deficiencies in its controls that were identified by an EU audit team that recently returned from Brazil.

“The absence of Brazil from the EU beef market would fundamentally change the supply picture,” said John Brook, USMEF regional director of Europe, Russia and the Middle East. “EU meat buyers could be expected to look to other, more reliable sources of supply, including the United States.”