Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation announced on Saturday the resumption of imports of meat and poultry products from Brazil. The ministry said in a statement that the resumption of importing these products would be from the slaughterhouses approved by Egypt’s General Organization for Veterinary Services (GOVS). The statement stressed that these slaughterhouses must be approved by Egypt’s GOVS. The ministry had announced its decision to delay imports of meat and poultry products from Brazil after the Brazilian authorities suspended 33 government officials from work in a wide-scale crackdown on charges of selling rotten processed meat and poultry. Three meat plants were also closed on the same charges; and 18 other factories that export products to Egypt were placed under supervision.

Source: Egypt Independent March 25, 2017 15:00 UTC