No Brazilian beef for Indonesia in Ramadan due to delay in audits - official
Photo: A butcher prepares beef for sale at a traditional market in Jakarta, Indonesia May 4, 2015. REUTERS/Nyimas Laula
JAKARTA –Indonesia will not be importing beef from Brazil this Ramadan as planned as its checks and audits of production units and facilities in the Latin American country have not been completed, I Ketut Diarmita, general director of livestock and animal health at the ministry of agriculture told Salaam Gateway.
Indonesia stopped importing beef from Brazil in March last year following the outbreak of the “Weak Flesh” tainted meat scandal.
Indonesia’s government announced in March this year that it would be conducting a month-long study of Brazil’s halal slaughter and beef production facilities, with the aim of importing from the country in time for Ramadan that started on May 17.
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