French retailer Carrefour has removed dog meat products from two supermarkets in China after an outcry from animal rights groups. Animals Asia said it had already asked the international chain, which operates over 200 stores in China, to remove dog meat from its shelves in 2012. The company promised to do so, it said, but … Read more
French retailer Carrefour has removed dog meat products from two supermarkets in China after an outcry from animal rights groups. Animals Asia said it had already asked the international chain, which operates over 200 stores in China, to remove dog meat from its shelves in 2012. The company promised to do so, it said, but … 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
Brazil, trying to recover from a rotten meat scandal that has pummeled its agribusiness industry, said Saturday that major trading partner China had lifted a ban on imports of its products. “China announced today it has fully reopened its market to Brazilian meat,” Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said in a statement. Maggi did not say … 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