Fresh calls for ban on Brazilian beef

THE European Commission (EC) has again been urged to ban Brazilian beef imports following further claims the beef fails to meet European Union standards in the area of residue testing and food safety.

Irish Farmers Association Livestock Committee chairman John Bryan said the latest EU Food and Veterinary Office report on the control of residues and veterinary medicine in Brazil involves a litany of failures by the authorities there to meet EU standards.

“I am horrified to see that beef which fails to meet proper standards is accepted by the EU from Brazil, whereas it would automatically be skipped in Ireland by the vets and controls in our meat plants,” he said.