date:Dec 14, 2012
los Vaz said that the government will offer necessary clarifications, in order to eliminate the concerns about the country's animal sanitation defence system.
Brazil is the world's leading exporter of beef and the country has shipped beef worth $4.2bn for the first nine months of this year, up nine percent from 2011.
Russia is the largest importer of Brazilian beef, accounting for 20% of the total beef purchases.
Mad cow disease, which is scientifically known as bovine spongiform encephalopat