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The Ministry of Agriculture informed in a note this Thursday (2) that China, Thailand, Iran and Jordan have suspended beef imports from all of Brazil, and that Russia has imposed an embargo on the beef exported from Pará.
“China, Thailand, Iran and Jordan have temporarily suspended beef imports from all of Brazil and Russia has placed an embargo on beef exported from Pará. Export to Russia,” the filing wrote in the statement. .
atypical case
Agriculture Minister Carlos Fávaro told the GloboNews that tests carried out at the reference laboratory of the World Organization for Animal Health in Alberta, Canada, have confirmed that the the case is atypical.
For the laboratory, the disease is the result of the natural aging of the animal. In practice, this means that the report has confirmed the expectation of the dossier that there is no risk of contamination of the herd.
The animal detected by mad cow was a 9-year-old bull raised on pasture. The animal was put down, cremated and the property isolated.
After confirming the report to GloboNewsthe Ministry of Agriculture issued a note highlighting that the sample result was immediately communicated to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and the portfolio initiated the process of official communication to the World Food Organization animal health.
The ministry will also send the Canadian lab’s report to the Chinese government and request a virtual meeting to discuss lifting the embargo.
Fávaro said he was working to resume trade “as soon as possible” and that the federal government intended to activate new refrigeration facilities after Lula’s trip to China in late March.
In 20 years of surveillance of the disease, the country has never identified the most traditional form, the one where the animal is contaminated because of its food, explained Vanessa Felipe de Souza Veterinarian, Virologist, Researcher at Embrapa Gado de Corte.
What happened:
- The mad cow case was confirmed by the Pará State Agricultural Defense Agency (Adepará) in a 9-year-old animal on a small property in Marabá (PA).
- The animal was put down, cremated and the property isolated. The government indicated that the health protocol was taken after confirmation.
- The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) was notified of the case and samples for typing examination were sent to the institution’s reference laboratory in Canada.
- The institute’s report showed that the case of Pará is atypical, informed the Minister of Agriculture.
- Brazil has a sanitary status of insignificant risk for the disease, since 2013, in the OIE.
Other atypical cases
Last year the beef export revenues increased by 42% compared to 2021according to the Brazilian Association of Refrigerators (Abrafrigo) based on data from the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (Secex).
Brazil suspends beef exports to China as mad cow disease confirmed
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