China, EU, Korea, Chile suspend beef and poultry imports from Brazil

Tuesday, March 21st 2017 - 10:15 UTC

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The fallout from Brazil's rotten meat scandal accelerated Monday when China, a huge market, suspended imports and the European Union and South Korea demanded a partial ban. Another ban on Brazilian meat imposed by Chile sparked fears of a trade spat between the two South American partners. Read full article

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darragh
“the police operation uncovered only a few bad apples”

hmmm - unfortunate phrase considering.....
Mar 21st, 2017 - 11:38 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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golfcronie
Yes Darragh, I thought it was meat that they were looking at
Mar 21st, 2017 - 04:32 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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AustrOllOpithecus
Well, I wonder who could in start slowly filling the vacuum, specially in a few years when the herds are full of grown up calves again...
Mar 21st, 2017 - 06:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
Oooh, I know! Is it Uruguay?
Mar 21st, 2017 - 06:29 pm - Link - Report abuse -8
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imoyaro
Probably the US, considering...

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39238269
Mar 22nd, 2017 - 10:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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