Source: The Pig Site, photo credit: Beef Magazine
According to a post on 4 July on China’s Customs website, China is temporarily suspending imports from BRF’s plant in Lajeado and JBS-owned Seara brand in Tres Passos, both in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state.
The posting, which only identified the plants by registration numbers, gives no reason for the suspension. But Brazil is reeling from the second worst COVID-19 outbreak in the world behind the United States.
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The South African Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO) coordinates industry interventions and collaboratively manages risks in the value chain to enable the sustainability and profitability of pork producers in South Africa.