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State prosecutor acts in Backer beer contamination incident

By News Desk on September 10, 2020

Public prosecutors in a Brazilian state have filed a complaint against certain employees from a brewery that sold contaminated beer linked to the deaths of 10 people.

The action by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of…
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Brazil responds to Coronavirus positive chicken claims

By News Desk on August 15, 2020

A government agency, industry association and the affected company in Brazil have responded to Chinese claims that a chicken wing sample has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.

Health authorities in Shenzhen, Guangdong…
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Two Brazilian meat firms lose case against EU import ban

By News Desk on July 10, 2020

A court in the European Union has dismissed a case brought by two Brazilian meat companies about a 2018 decision to ban imports of their products into the EU because of public health reasons.

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Police find deadly Backer beer contamination was an accident

By News Desk on June 24, 2020

An investigation by police in a Brazilian state has found the contamination of beer which killed seven people was an accident likely caused by a manufacturing defect.

Almost 30 people were poisoned by diethylene glycol…
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Dutch Salmonella illnesses linked to Brazilian poultry

By Joe Whitworth on April 9, 2020

Chicken meat from Brazil is being investigated as the source of Salmonella illnesses in the Netherlands.

Between the end of 2019 and mid-February 2020, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) identified…
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More poisonings in Brazil linked to beer; officials urge extreme caution

By News Desk on January 24, 2020

More than 20 people are suspected to have been poisoned and four have died in Brazil after drinking contaminated batches of beer. Tests have found diethylene glycol in 32 lots of 10 Backer beers.

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Backer told to recall beer linked to poisoning in Brazil

By News Desk on January 15, 2020

Seventeen people are suspected to have been poisoned and one person has died in Brazil after drinking beer.

Sixteen males and one female aged 23 to 76 years old are thought to have suffered diethylene…
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USDA inspection team returning to Brazil to check on promised corrections

By News Desk on December 31, 2019

Brazil is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on corrective actions the South American country must take to keep its food safety equivalent to that of the United…
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UK sends Salmonella-contaminated chicken back to Brazil

By Joe Whitworth on July 5, 2019

The United Kingdom has returned multiple containers of chicken to Brazil during a period of more than a year because of Salmonella.

Tereza Cristina, Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, confirmed the U.K. sent…
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Mad cow discovery in Brazil has immediate effect on exports

By News Desk on June 5, 2019

Brazil officially reopened it’s market to fresh American beef in August 2016 because of the United States’ classification by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) as a negligible risk country for BSE.

But now…
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Low foodborne disease levels in Brazil versus other countries

By News Desk on April 2, 2019

The occurrence of foodborne disease in Brazil is low compared to other countries but this could be due to underreporting and people not seeking health care when ill, according to a study.

The work, published…
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