Analysis

Quick resolution to Brazil/China beef trade suspension expected

By Ken Wilcock
September 8 2021 - 10:00am
QUICK RESOLUTION: The last time a similar suspension in trade with China occurred in mid-2019, shipments were under way again in less than two weeks. Picture: Shutterstock
QUICK RESOLUTION: The last time a similar suspension in trade with China occurred in mid-2019, shipments were under way again in less than two weeks. Picture: Shutterstock

LAST Saturday, Brazil's Agricultural Defence Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) confirmed the occurrence of two atypical cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in slaughterhouses in the states of Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso.

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