The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says Brazil’s inability to play by the rules established by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) puts the global market at risk.
Ethan Lane says that’s why NCBA has been adamant Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack suspend imports of fresh beef from Brazil and require a thorough review of its animal health and food system. “The concerns that we are expressing here are not because we think these atypical BSE cases are a threat,” he says.
