China recognizes Brazilian territory as free of foot-and-mouth disease.

China has lifted foot-and-mouth disease restrictions applied to the northern region of Brazil, recognizing the entire national territory as free of the disease. The announcement was made this Tuesday (2), during the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, to the country, and comes after more than 20 years of negotiations. In practice, with the recognition, Brazil expands the possibilities of exporting beef and pork products to the Chinese market, including items such as offal and bone-in meat.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.