Brazil Suspends Beef Exports to China After Mad Cow Case
- Marfrig, Minerva will keep supplies through Argentina, Uruguay
- China is the main destination for Brazilian beef exports
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Brazil, the world’s biggest beef exporter, halted exports of the red meat to China after confirming a case of the animal illness known as mad cow disease.
The case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy was confirmed by Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday, and shipments to China were suspended as part of a trade protocol between the two nations. Brazilian authorities will be holding conversations with Chinese counterparts in a bid for a “prompt re-establishment” of trade flows, the ministry said in a statement.