China has stopped shipments of Brazilian hides over BSE
16/01/2013
A ban on imports of Brazilian beef came into force in China and a number of other markets after the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reported in December 2012 that tests on a cow that died in Brazil in 2010 had, eventually, shown evidence of the disease.
According to a statement from the OIE, the animal did not die of BSE and the likelihood is of an atypical case of the disease occurring in an older animal. At the start of 2013, the OIE said there was no justification for any country banning imports of Brazilian beef.
But now it’s clear the controversy is also affecting shipments of raw hides. CLIA called on its Brazilian counterpart, CICB, to take part in a joint campaign, with each organisation lobbying its own government to sign a mutual agreement in trade in raw hides.
It made it clear that the current ban does not apply to wet blue, crust or finished leather.
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