27 held during crackdown on Brazilian beef
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POLICE in east China’s Jiangsu Province have revealed the results of an 11-month investigation into the smuggling of beef from Brazil, just days before imports were due to resume from a country put on China’s blacklist due to mad cow disease in 2012.
Officers in Lianyungang said 27 suspects and nearly 300 tons of beef had been seized in an operation that began in January.
China was one of 17 countries then banned Brazilian beef imports in 2012 but Neri Geller, Brazil’s agriculture minister, has said the trade would resume by the first half of this month, according to Xinhua news agency.
Back in January, food safety officials were alerted to cheap beef on sale at a market in Guanyun County.
Investigators found packaging that indicated the beef was from Brazil.
As their investigation continued, more outlets selling Brazilian beef were uncovered and the trail led to suppliers in Jiangsu and south China’s Guangdong Province.
On March 5, police busted four suppliers in Jiangsu’s Xuzhou City, nabbing seven suspects and seizing nearly 300 tons of beef.
At a weekend press conference, Jiangsu police said they were seeking more suspects in other provinces in connection with the illegal trade in addition to the 27 already in custody.
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