Tuesday’s debate in the European Parliament agriculture committee in Brussels on the agriculture component of trade deals currently being negotiated and to come in the future was dominated by the tainted meat scandal in Brazil. (see EUROPE 11749).
Against the background of the so-called “carne fraca” – or Brazilian tainted meat – scandal, several MEPs questioned whether a trade deal should be negotiated with the Mercosur countries. They could not understand why import checks to...