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Russian sanitary authorities sent a report about plant inspections between June 30 and July 14 in which they found some non-compliance with sanitary rules.

Brazil's JBS SA will acquire the poultry and pork unit of rival Marfrig Alimentos SA for 5.85 billion reais ($2.75 billion) in assumed debt.

Important organizations related to the meat production chain have joined forces to spread social and environmental best practices in cattle production activities in the Brazilian Amazon Region.

Brazil’s poultry association, Ubabef, reported that the country’s chicken exports should increase by about 3 percent in 2013 after falling in 2012 due to high feed costs.

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.

China and South Africa have halted imports of beef from Brazil following a case of atypical BSE that was confirmed last week.

After it was revealed that a Brazilian cow that died in 2010 contained the proteins linked to BSE, Brazil is working to convince importers that its beef is free of mad cow disease.

The Brazilian government notified the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) of the discovery of the protein believed to cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a cow that died in 2010.