date:Aug 16, 2012
dding that recent controversy related to the use of the drug ractopamine was not an issue, because Brazil has a segregated production protocol and can easily supply pork from pigs raised without the drug.We continue with positive expectations,he added.
Brazils total export volumes totalled 313,025t in July 2012, an increased of 3.32% the year before. Earnings were up 15.36% to $108.2m and the value of foreign pork sales was $795.62m, a 4.04% decrease on the same period in 2011.