Brazil Meat Scandal: China, Others Lift Ban On Meat Imports From Brazil

Chile, China, and Egypt have lifted suspensions on Brazilian on meat imports on Saturday. Brazilian government stated that this is the victory for the Latin American countries' third-biggest export industry.

According to Financial Times, China, Chile, and Egypt lifted the bans on Brazil meat in spite of ongoing investigations into allegation of corruption between health inspectors and the operators of regional plants. The Brazilian government says the move follows a "giant effort" by officials to explain the investigation into tainted food.

The export suspensions on Brazil meat were instituted over the put week after federal police announced a probe into meatpacking companies and plants. The investigation was launched on March 17 that pointed that some regional operators used rotten meat or otherwise violated regulations in preparing processed goods.

BBC has reported that the scandal was triggered by a huge federal police investigation last week. That found that meatpackers had been selling rotten and substandard produce for several years.

After the investigation, the police alleged that some regional plants of JBS and BRF were involved in the team. They say some officials of both the companies conspired with a ring of corrupt health inspectors to pay the bribe on Brazil meat in order to get the certificate.

However, the lifting of the suspensions on Brazil meat is good news for the government of President Michel Temer. The government hopes the economy of the country was expected to recover this year. The Brazilian government is wrestling with the country's worst recession in more than a century.

The Brazil's President Michel Temer, in a statement, said," reaffirms the trust of the international community, robust and recognized around the world". Brazil meat that is exported amounted to nearly $14bn each year. But the figure has fallen sharply since the scandal broke out.

Meanwhile, the scandal caused a 22 percent drop n weekly average exports of pork and poultry. But there is no report related to the beef export.