China Suspends JBS Brazil Beef Plant After Progesterone Detection, Raising Barred Facilities to 5
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Updated · www.thecattlesite.com · May 30
China Suspends JBS Brazil Beef Plant After Progesterone Detection, Raising Barred Facilities to 5
3 articles · Updated · www.thecattlesite.com · May 30
China halted beef imports from JBS's Vilhena plant in northern Brazil after progesterone, a growth-promoting hormone, was detected in shipments sent to the Chinese market.
Tuesday's notice from China's General Administration of Customs made the Vilhena facility the fifth Brazilian beef plant currently barred from exporting to China and JBS's second suspended plant.
Globo Rural reported the suspension on Friday, citing a source on the hormone finding; JBS and Brazil's Agriculture Ministry did not immediately comment.
The move adds pressure on Brazil's beef exporters because China is a key market and the latest ban widens scrutiny of compliance at major meatpacking plants.