Brazil examining ways to better trace cattle origins
May 1, 2023
The Brazilian government is looking at ways to perform more effectively the challenging task of tracing the origins of cattle raised for slaughtering, Carlos Favaro, agriculture minister of the world’s biggest beef exporter
by Ana Mano – Reuters
It is crucial for buyers such as meatpackers to know the exact origins of Brazil’s cattle as the country’s law makes it a crime to ranch cattle on illegally cleared woodland.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has promised to crack down on environmental crimes, and verifying cattle origins is key to ensure animals do not come from areas of deforestation in the Amazon or the Cerrado savannah.
“We cannot demand something from the farmers which they are not prepared for”
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