Notice for Brasil

The Brazilian government and the country's farming industry deny the claims of use of illegal growth hormones and say Brazil is implementing the recommendations of EU animal health officials who visited the country in March.

The European Union may resort to a ban on Brazilian meat
imports if the South American agricultural giant does not improve food safety
standards, the EU's health chief said. If the situation does not improve in the
timeframe, which is by the end of the year, we will take whatever measures
necessary, including the possibility of a ban, he said, reiterating a previous
warning of tough action.
European farm groups, most notably Irish and British farmers, have been
pressing the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, to get tough with
their competitors in Brazil for what they say are substandard conditions. The
lawmakers' decision was based on a report by Irish and British farmers which
claimed that Brazilian ranchers did not meet the kind of standards required for
EU farmers.