DUBAI – The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has temporarily suspended exports to the Kingdom from two BRF poultry plants in Brazil.
The announcement about the suspension of the Dois Vizinhos and Francisco Beltrão plants, both in Paraná, was made on the SFDA website on February 10.
BRF is one of Brazil’s biggest animal protein companies and the two plants operate solely to supply exports to Saudi Arabia. They account for 20% of Brazil’s poultry exports to the Kingdom. BRF declined to give Salaam Gateway a comment on the matter.
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