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Brazilian president signs decree stepping up sanctions for meatpackers
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Saturday, 01 April, 2017, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Brasilia
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A Decree and a Provisional Measure (a sort of Executive Order) signed recently by Brazilian president Michel Temer created more stringent inspection requirements and significantly stepped up sanctions for meatpackers in the South American country who failed to comply with health regulations. The aims were to modernise oversight and enhance the quality of Brazilian animal protein.
With the most recent changes enacted to the Regulations for Industrial and Sanitary Inspection of Animal Products (RIISPOA), created 65 years ago, new standards were adopted to further ensure food security and consumption readiness and to fight economic fraud, with stricter sanctions for offenders. The Regulations covered all types of meat (including beef, pork and poultry) as well as milk, fish, eggs and honey.
“The decree we signed is a part of an effort aimed at ensuring stricter supervision while also reducing bureaucracy for this sector,” the president said at the signing ceremony. “[With] tougher penalties for offenses in the processing of animal products, we will also have more transparency and objectivity in oversight,” he added.
The provisional measure signed by Temer created significantly more punitive penalties to offending meatpackers - fines increased from R$12,000 to R$500,000. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA), the changes were decided after consulting experts and taking into account over 3,600 contributions made directly by citizens through public consultations.
“This episode invited reflection. It made all of us we listen, and feel it in our skin, in the flesh, the importance of agribusiness, of our animal protein exports. We have all united around it, and we are winning this battle,” said Temer, citing agriculture as one of the supporting pillars of the national economy.
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