The aroma is so extraordinary it’s like “a punch in your mouth” says Luqi Wu, one of several Chinese businessmen standing in a cellar in southwestern Spain surrounded by thousands of hanging ham legs. While he samples the product, three of his colleagues learn to cut the ham as finely as possible — a crucial … Read more
Major beef market Hong Kong Tuesday ended a blanket ban imposed on Brazilian meat imports in a scandal over tainted products, Brazil’s government said. It said the move means all the major markets for Brazil’s key meat exports have relaxed their bans on meat from the recession-hit South American nation, the world’s top beef and … Read more
Hong Kong said Friday it would recall Brazilian meat from 21 processing plants under investigation over a rotten meat scandal. The city, which is the biggest market for Brazilian beef, already issued a ban on all meat imports from the country earlier this week. It comes after police in Brazil said they had uncovered a … Read more
Hong Kong became the latest government to suspend imports from Brazil Tuesday in the wake of a rotten meat scandal. China, which with Hong Kong is Brazil’s biggest meat export market, already announced Monday that it had suspended imports. Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety said it had temporarily suspended the import of frozen and … Read more