Brazil bans Chinese food products

by Luiz Castro | October 7, 2008 at 03:34 pm | 187 views | 1 comment | 2 recommendations
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Brazil is a world major food producer, it is impossible to understand how Brazil could ever buy food from China, even a minimal amount like U$ 120 million.

Blessed with what often seems like endless amounts of land and a good climate, Brazil has grown in recent years to become an agricultural superpower.

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Brazil indefinitely banned all Chinese food imports on Tuesday because of safety concerns.

Brazil's National Agency for Sanitary Vigilance said it acted because of the contaminated milk crisis in China that has killed four children and sickened another 54,000 in the Asian nation.

The milk crisis has sparked global concerns about food products made with Chinese milk or milk powder.

Brazil's food imports from China are minimal, in 2007 the country bought just US$120 million in such products.

The Brazilian agency said the ban will remain in effect as long as there is a "risk to the health of the population."

China's government has struggled to contain the widespread contamination of milk and other dairy products with melamine, a chemical used in making plastics and fertilizers.

Source: etaiwannews.com

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