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A sanitary worker inspects a piece of meat at a supermarket in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 20, 2017. The European Union’s spokesman in Brazil says the union is temporarily halting some imports of Brazilian meat amid an investigation into a massive scheme of meat adulteration, which involved some of the country’s largest producers. AP SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil’s meat exports effectively collapsed this week, the agricultural minister said Wednesday, as several countries halted imports from the South American country in the wake of a meat inspection scandal. Brazil is struggling to contain the scandal, in which investigators say that health inspectors were bribed to overlook expired meats and chemicals and that other products were added to meat to improve its appearance and smell. |
