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Russia bans pork and beef imports from Brazil

Troubles continue for Brazil’s meat industry.

Most recently Russia announced it is banning imports of Brazilian beef and pork after testing found the muscle growth stimulant ractopamine.  The use of the feed additive is prohibited.

Through October of this year, Russia had imported more than 230,000 tons of Brazilian pork.

Livestock economist David Anderson says the announcement isn’t likely to have a direct impact on the US beef and pork industries.

But, it could impact them indirectly.  “If their pork and beef can’t go to Russia, it’s likely to try and find a home somewhere else in some other market,” he says.  “Not only our supplies, but it could crowd out some other players in the pork market, like the EU and other major pork exporting countries.”

Brazil is the largest foreign supplier of meat to Russia.

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