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STRATEGY ▶▶▶ Salmonella investigation
Thousands of tonnes of salmonella-contaminated chicken have been exported from Brazil during the past two years, a new report reveals. The Bureau of Investigative Journal- ists published an expose on the Brazilian broiler industry, which is the largest exporter of frozen chicken in the world. The head of the Brazilian food safety authority has admitted that the country’s 20% contamination rate is too high: “Europe is one step ahead of us regarding the con- trol of salmonella,” Ana Lucia Viana, director of Brazil’s De- partment of Inspection of Animal Products, told the news organisation Repórter Brasil. The EU has been running a major salmonella reduction programme for more than a decade for its domestic poultry flocks. In the UK, for exam- ple, salmonella rates ranged from 1.5% to 2.2% between 2013 and 2017, according to the Food Standards Agency. A data analysis by Repórter Brasil, working with the Bu- reau and the Guardian, a UK newspaper, found that con- taminated meat from Brazil continues to be picked up in EU border checks. Tests have discovered salmonella in more than 370 consignments of Brazilian chicken and other poultry meat shipped to the EU since April 2017. Contaminated meat has been shipped to more than a dozen EU countries, including the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Ireland and the UK.
Tests have discovered salmonella in more than 370 consignments of Brazilian chicken.
The Brazilian view
Brazilian poultry producers feel trade with Europe helps with the continent’s carcass balance. ABPA, an organisa- tion that promotes exported Brazilian poultry, says Brazil- ian breastmeat accounts for just 2-4% of EU consumption. The group’s vice president of market access, Ricardo San- tin, said Europeans broadly prefer breastmeat over darker cuts of chicken, creating an inbalanced demand for breast, and a surplus of cuts like legs or thighs. Mr Santin explains European producers cannot compete on price for dark meat with producers like Brazil on global markets, so need to balance their own markets in other ways. Import- ing a portion of Europe’s breastmeat requirement was one way of doing that, he suggested.
ABPA, an organisation that promotes exported Brazilian poultry, says Brazilian breastmeat accounts for just 2-4% of EU consumption.
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