date:Jun 04, 2014
Perus official gazette (El Peruano) published Directorial Resolution 008-2014-MINAGRI-SENASADSA on May 7, 2013, which suspends imports of beef and beef-by-products for 180-calendar days from Brazil. Brazil recently reported a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
At FAS Lima, we foresee this suspension causing a possible short-term shortage of Brazilian offal in Peru. Such a situation affords U.S. exporters the possibility of