Brazilian court suspends shrimp imports from Ecuador
Shrimp processing plant. (Photo: Stock File)
(BRAZIL, 7/6/2017)
The Brazilian Association of Shrimp Breeders (ABCC) succeeded in getting the Federal Court to issue a preliminary ruling requiring the Ministry of Agriculture to suspend authorization to import shrimp from Ecuador.
The judicial decision establishes that it is necessary to carry out an import risk analysis (ARI) for the purchase of the Ecuadorian crustacean and that the measure is "essential to prevent the proliferation of diseases in the national fauna," informed Canal Rural.
The ABCC argues that there are ten diseases in that country that could put the Brazilian shrimp industry at risk.
"There is a clear risk of introducing native shrimp into Ecuador in the domestic market, even as frozen products, since even in this condition there is scientific evidence suggesting the survi...
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