China, South Africa anathema beef imports from Brazil over insane cow illness concerns


Brazil says China and South Africa have criminialized imports of a beef since of fears of insane cow disease.

The Agriculture Ministry says China and South Africa told Brazil they are temporarily suspending beef imports from a world’s second largest exporter of a product. Japan did a same progressing this month.

The method pronounced progressing this week that a body of a cow that died dual years ago in southern Brazil contained disease-carrying proteins, or prions, though a animal did not “manifest a illness nor die of it”.

None of a 3 countries are vital importers of Brazilian beef.

During a initial 10 months of a year Brazil exported 11,700 tons of beef to a 3 countries, compared with sum exports of 1 million tons during a same period.

Source: Health Medicine Network