Brazil has submitted a trade specific concern to the World Trade Organisation regarding what it believes is the unfair treatment of Brazilian meat exports to the EU. Brazil recently asked the EU to simplify the current system to make it more affordable and flexible for producers. These proposed changes to the Brazilian Cattle Traceability System [...]
IFA President Padraig Walshe has responded strongly to reported requests from Brazil for the EU to ease up on traceability standards on beef imports. He said the EU Commission, both DG Sanco and DG Agri, must give Brazil an emphatic No.
He said the message must be clear – Europe will not tolerate sub-standard imports.
Irish farmers have won their battle to have imports of Brazilian beef into the European Union banned from 31st January, after the EU's health chief rebuffed the latest demands from the South American powerhouse.
Failure by the world's largest exporter of beef to meet the demands set by EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou has [...]
The Brazilian Beef Information Service said the EC decision “finally lays to rest the myth” that beef from Brazil represents any danger to health.
“This is a victory for science and common sense over back door trade protectionism and is a ringing endorsement of the safety of Brazilian beef,” said BBIS director Rob Metcalfe. “The new [...]
EU Will Introduce Restrictions on Brazilian Beef
By Danielle Rossingh
The European Union plans to restrict Brazilian beef imports from next month because of “serious and repeated'' failings in the animal health system of the world's biggest beef exporter.
From Jan. 31, the 27-nation bloc will only allow Brazilian beef within its borders that comes from “an approved [...]
