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U.S. Bans Imports of Brazilian Beef Over Safety Concerns
CNN ^ | June 23, 2017 | Ivana Kottasová

Posted on 06/24/2017 8:39:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the immediate suspension of fresh beef imports from the South American country on Thursday after inspections uncovered public health concerns, unsanitary conditions and animal health issues.

The agency said the ban will remain in place until Brazil "takes corrective action."

Brazil is the fifth biggest supplier of beef to the U.S., ranking behind only Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico. It has sent nearly 50 million pounds of beef to the U.S. so far this year.

"Although international trade is an important part of what we do at USDA, and Brazil has long been one of our partners, my first priority is to protect American consumers," Sonny Perdue, the secretary of agriculture, said in a statement.

The agency said it has been inspecting all meet imports from Brazil since March, and had refused entry to 11% of fresh beef products. It said that figure is "substantially higher" than the rejection rate from the rest of the world, which is around 1%.

The Brazilian Association of Beef Industry said in a statement that "corrective actions to adapt production processes are already being taken."

The U.S. is the ninth biggest market for Brazilian beef exporters.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beef; brazil; imports
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1 posted on 06/24/2017 8:39:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Brazilian beef is easy to spot.

You can see where the jockey was hitting it.


2 posted on 06/24/2017 8:43:49 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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I hope this doesn’t run up the price for a can of corned beef. It’s already sky high.


3 posted on 06/24/2017 8:45:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

Good and after the ban is lifted slap permanent tariffs on it.


4 posted on 06/24/2017 8:53:19 PM PDT by JPJones
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To: nickcarraway

It is meat and right so to do. In fact, it is very meat, right, and our bounden duty.


5 posted on 06/24/2017 9:07:42 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: BenLurkin

I hope this doesn’t run up the price for a can of corned beef. It’s already sky high.

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$10 per pound from the deli around these parts.


6 posted on 06/24/2017 9:10:15 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: nickcarraway

>>>refused entry to 11% of fresh beef products<<<

Fresh, from Brazil?

What do they do, send it here on an SR-71 straight from the Slaughterhouse?


7 posted on 06/24/2017 9:14:09 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: nickcarraway

Isn’t that where McDonalds gets all their beef ?


8 posted on 06/24/2017 9:17:57 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

A “jigger” wouldn’t leave a mark?


9 posted on 06/24/2017 9:18:15 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (GO TRUMP!)
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To: BenLurkin
a can of corned beef

A can?

10 posted on 06/24/2017 9:20:40 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" month.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Beef is hung to age a couple of weeks. The sea voyage in refrigerated containers works out about right.


11 posted on 06/24/2017 9:20:48 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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Yes. Can.

This is a luxury item for meals in at my hovel.

12 posted on 06/24/2017 9:24:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

How many is a brazillion?


13 posted on 06/24/2017 9:32:41 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Enterprise

Did you hear the one about the girl that showed up at the office on Monday and told her co-worker she had sex over the weekend with two Brazilian sailors, the blonde said I didn’t know there were that many.


14 posted on 06/24/2017 10:07:32 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: Newbomb Turk

Nope, Hardees/Carl Jr.


15 posted on 06/24/2017 10:15:47 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Pfft, you should be so lucky. Horse is good eats.


16 posted on 06/24/2017 10:22:13 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: nickcarraway

1st, 2nd and 3rd priorities are keeping American beef prices high.


17 posted on 06/24/2017 10:54:07 PM PDT by zek157
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To: Kickass Conservative

Fresh as in not processed (canned) or cooked I expect. Probably frozen, though sides of beef are often kept a couple weeks in cold storage before butchering.


18 posted on 06/24/2017 11:55:24 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: chajin

Oof....your punmanship is a thing to be endured.


19 posted on 06/25/2017 12:45:52 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: zek157

Europe bans the importation of US beef because of the high rate of bovine leukemia in US cattle. Its mostly politics for that to keep the US beef out of Europe. I’ve seen cases of contaminated South American beef at the Miami port of entry that contained viruses that would be devastating to the US cattle industry. This is serious business.


20 posted on 06/25/2017 12:47:32 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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