China, EU to cut imports of Brazil meat amid scandalFAIRFAX Brazil is the world's biggest exporter of beef (file pic). As the scandal deepened, Brazil's Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said the government had suspended exports from 21 meat processing units. An all-out ban on Brazilian meat exports would be a "disaster," Maggi added. Brazil's President Michel Temer has sought to downplay the meatpacking probe, saying it involved only 21 of Brazil's more than 4,800 meat processing units. The European Union suspended imports from four Brazilian meat processing facilities, ABPA said, citing the nation's agriculture ministry.

Source: Stuff March 21, 2017 01:18 UTC