North America looks forward to an assessment of the presence of BSE in Brazil

Introduction: [North America looks forward to the assessment results of whether there is BSE in Brazil] the animal quarantine authorities of Canada, the United States and Mexico issued a statement here on the 18th, announcing the successful completion of the field visit of the three technical teams to Brazil, and the relevant departments of the three countries will take all measures to complete the assessment of the risk control measures of BSE in Brazil as soon as possible The statement said that the technical team visited slaughterhouses, meat processing plants, laboratories and pastures for importing cattle from Europe in Brazil from 14 to 18, and held discussions with relevant Brazilian authorities and technicians After returning to China, the technical team will revise the relevant technical data according to the new information obtained during the investigation The statement pointed out that the investigation work of the technical team has been well coordinated by the Brazilian government, and this level of communication helps to strengthen the ties between NAFTA and Brazil in animal disease control, public health and food safety On the 2nd of this month, the Canadian government, citing Brazil's failure to provide the Canadian side with information on the existence of BSE, announced a sudden suspension of the import of beef and beef products from Brazil, and demanded all domestic sales departments to immediately withdraw the imported beef products from the shelves Subsequently, the other two NAFTA members, the United States and Mexico, also announced that they would stop importing Brazilian beef The Brazilian government stressed that there is absolutely no BSE in Brazil and Canada's decision is to retaliate against Brazil's trade In order to solve the beef trade dispute as soon as possible, the three countries in North America decided to send a technical team to visit the site, which Brazil welcomed, and hoped to lift the beef embargo within next week, or take strong retaliation measures China feed industry information network NGK