Brazil Halts Processed Meat Shipment to US

Brazil has suspended exports of heat-treated meat to the US after a shipment was found to contain excessive levels of ivermectin.

Brazil imposed the ban on 27 May and expects it to be lifted once divergences in standards for meat are settled, according to the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry.

Brazilian meat producer JBS said it recalled a meat shipment after US authorities detected excess levels of ivermectin, a medicine that expels intestinal worms.

Brazil permits ivermectin traces of up to 100 parts per billion, while the US allows ten parts per billion.