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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   3rd world country with 3rd world meats.   
   How pathetic is the EU they import meat from Brazil??   
      
   Brazil meat scandal deepens with EU barring some imports   
      
      
   RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A scandal over expired meats in Brazil deepened on   
   Monday with the European Union announcing it was temporarily halting some   
   imports of meats from Latin America's largest nation.   
      
   The companies involved in the scandal would be temporarily barred, said   
   European Union spokesman Enrico Brivio, speaking to reporters in Brasilia, the   
   capital.   
      
   The EU "will guarantee that any of the establishments involved in the fraud   
   will be suspended," said Brivio, who didn't cite companies by name or expound   
   on how long the ban will last.   
      
   The decision is a blow to Brazil, one of the world's largest exporters of meat.   
      
   On Friday, police issued 38 arrest warrants involving the giant meatpackers   
   JBS and BRF. Both companies have denied wrongdoing.   
      
   Authorities say the companies used chemicals to improve the appearance and   
   smell of expired meats.   
      
   President Michel Temer called an emergency meeting Sunday with ambassadors of   
   several countries. He assured them that national meats were safe and invited   
   them to a Brazilian-style barbeque.   
      
   On Monday, Temer again sought to calm nerves, saying that Brazil meat industry   
   should not be judged by this one investigation.   
      
   "The agro business for us in Brazil is very important and it should not be   
   marred by a small nucleus (of bad actors), a small thing," he said, speaking   
   to the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo.   
      
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