Two cases of mad cow disease have been detected in Brazil, which has resulted in suspension of its exports of beef to China.
The precaution was taken under an existing bilateral protocol between the two countries, although the ministry stressed that there was “no risk to human or animal health”. The disease appeared “spontaneously and sporadically, unrelated to the ingestion of contaminated food,” a ministry statement said.
in June 2019 Brazil also temporarily suspended its exports of cattle to China, after a case of BSE was detected in Mato Grosso in a 17-year-old cow.