Listen: Audit to seal the fate of Brazilian meat imports

The European Commission has completed a review of meat imports from Brazil and will decide within weeks how to proceed with additional scrutiny measures in place since the meat fraud scandal there.

Thomas Hubert

24 May 2017

Listen: Audit to seal the fate of Brazilian meat imports

European Commissioner for Heatlh and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis (right) interview by Irish Farmers Journal news correspondent Thomas Hubert in Dublin.

European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis has told the Irish Farmers Journal that the conclusion of an review of Brazilian meat imports would be available next month.

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“At the moment, we are on the way to conclude our audit, which was done between 2-16 May”, he said. The audit followed the launch of a vast police investigation into widespread alleged fraud including mislabelling and corruption in the Brazilian meat industry two months ago.

“We will send our outcomes to the Brazilian authorities to hear their replies. Final decisions will be made in two weeks.”

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