Adds govt affirmation of suspension
SAO PAULO, Dec 11 (Reuters) – China has quickly suspended meat imports from two Brazilian firms, Brazil’s agriculture ministry mentioned late on Friday.
Earlier on Friday, newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo mentioned China halted imports from privately-owned Naturafrig Alimentos Ltda and Plena Alimentos after detecting traces of the novel coronavirus in meals packaging.
In an electronic mail to Reuters, Brazil’s agriculture ministry confirmed the suspension however didn’t present any additional particulars. Naturafrig and Plena didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
For the reason that coronavirus pandemic began, Chinese language authorities have quickly banned imports from different Brazilian purveyors, together with BRF SA BRFS3.SA and JBS SA JBSS3.SA. A number of the suspensions have been already lifted.
Citing the Chinese language customs authority, the O Estado report mentioned that the ban would final one week.
(Reporting by Ana Mano Enhancing by Nick Zieminski and Sonya Hepinstall)
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