Brazil exported ‘uninspected beef’

BRAZIL has admitted that some of its meat processing plants exported beef to Europe that did not meet traceability standards.

Irish Farmers Association president Pádraig Walshe said the admission by Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephens was shocking.

He said these developments seriously damage any attempts by the Brazilians to re-establish trade with Europe. “The facts are Brazil fails to meet EU standards and the current ban must be maintained by the European Commission,” he said.