British campaigners have urged ministers to ban Brazilian meat from entering the UK, after traces of sex hormones and deadly salmonella were found in the country’s beef and chicken.
Meat from the South American nation could be a ‘risk to public health’, according to four UK farming unions – as meat produced there is not subject to the strict safety regulations it is in Europe.
In May, food safety regulators found that 80 per cent of a batch of frozen chicken imported to Greece from Brazil contained traces of salmonella – a potentially deadly bacteria that’s currently rising in the UK.
Meanwhile, Brazilian
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