Jordan joins Brazilian beef ban; Brazil threatens retaliation
Jordan has become the latest countries to ban the import of Brazilian beef since a case of atypical mad cow disease was confirmed last month, Brazil's foreign trade secretary Tatiana Prazeres said on Wednesday. That brings the number of countries that have banned Brazilian beef to five, reports Reuters. Chile has banned imports of Brazilian meat-and-bone meal, despite earlier reports that it too was banning beef imports.
Brazil, the world's No. 1 beef exporter, is considering retaliation at the World Trade Organization (WTO) if the countries do not lift the bans, Prazeres told reporters in Brasilia, insisting that Brazilian beef is safe to eat.