Pressure Mounts In EU For Brazil Beef Ban

EU

Pressure Mounts For Brazil Beef Ban

The pressure started to build a few months ago after the Irish Farmers’ Association made public a report that charged Brazil maintained inadequate animal identification systems, and that inadequate controls over livestock movement and animal disease posed a threat to producers in the EU. Now members of the European Parliament have lodged a written complaint calling for a ban on Brazilian beef imports. For more on this continuing story and what it might mean for U.S. beef exporters, read today’s Insight from USMEF-Brussels.

EU

Pressure Mounts For Brazil Beef Ban

The pressure started to build a few months ago after the Irish Farmers’ Association made public a report that charged Brazil maintained inadequate animal identification systems, and that inadequate controls over livestock movement and animal disease posed a threat to producers in the EU. Now members of the European Parliament have lodged a written complaint calling for a ban on Brazilian beef imports. For more on this continuing story and what it might mean for U.S. beef exporters, read today’s Insight from USMEF-Brussels.