China suspends beef imports from three Brazilian meatpacking plants.

This Thursday (21), the China suspended imports of beef and products derived from three Brazilian meat processing plants, after the detection of residues of medroxyprogesterone acetate in the shipped cargo. The use of the substance in livestock is prohibited in the Chinese market.A General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) has stopped selling meat from the following plants: JBS S/A, from Pontes e Lacerda (MT, SIF 51); PrimaFoods, from Araguari (MG, SIF 177) and Vale Grande Food Industry and Trade S/A, trade name Frialto, from Matupá (MT SIF 4490)According to information from EstadãoThe measure was communicated yesterday (20) by the Brazilian agricultural attaché in Beijing, in an official letter sent to Department of Inspection of Products of Animal Origin (Dipoa) of the Ministry of Agriculture (Mapa)The medroxyprogesterone acetate it is a synthetic hormone used as veterinary medicine to control of the reproductive cycle of cattleThe suspension of the meatpacking plants has not yet been integrated into… Management Information System of the Federal Inspection Service (SIGSIF) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA)However, the disable It is already included in China's food importing companies registration system (Ciferquery SingleWindow), controlled by GACC. At the moment, four refrigerators exporters Brazilians They are prevented from sending their cargo to China. due to the presence of the compound in the products. Last month, the Asian country had disabled the Pantaneira Indústria e Comércio de Carnes e Derivados Ltda. (SIF 1206), belonging to the Frigosul (SulBeef) group, in Várzea Grande (MT).

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.