date:Aug 19, 2013
Food safety inspectors responsible for clearing agricultural goods at Brazilian ports went on an open-ended strike Friday morning, saying there was political mismanagement and businesses were meddling in their agency.
Wilson Roberto de S, president of federal food safety inspectors union ANFFA, said more than 80 percent of the agents who clear all of Brazil's farm and livestock commodities through ports were adhering to the strike.
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