Brazil loses second biggest buyer in meat scandal

Some of China’s biggest retailers pulled Brazilian beef and poultry from shelves this week, after the world’s biggest exporter of chicken and third biggest of beef was hit by a meat processing scandal.

In Brazil, police have accused inspectors of taking bribes to allow sales of rotten and salmonella-tainted meats.

Brazil is the top supplier of beef to China, with 31% of its imports in the first half of last year.