The European Union does not intend to relax sanitary requirements to allow the resumption of Brazilian meat exports to the bloc, stated the Irish ambassador to Brazil, Martin Gallagher, in an interview with [source missing]. g1 This weekend. The statement gains relevance because Ireland assumed, on July 1st, the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, a position it will hold for the next six months. According to Gallagher, the rules related to the control of antimicrobial use in animal production have been known for years and have been discussed with Brazilian authorities. "These requirements related to standards for the use of antimicrobials are not new. They have been known for quite some time, and the European Union has been maintaining dialogue with Brazilian authorities about these standards for some time," he stated. g1The diplomat also emphasized that the removal of Brazil from the list of countries authorized to export certain animal products to the bloc was a technical decision and that it will be up to the Brazilian government to adopt the necessary measures to comply with European sanitary requirements. In early June, the European Union officially excluded Brazil from the list of countries considered eligible to meet the bloc's standards for controlling the use of antimicrobials in animal production. As a result, the country will be prevented from exporting meat and other animal products to the European market from September 3rd onwards, unless it complies with the established requirements.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.