A report seen by Reuters and the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture said that the Saudi Food and Pharmaceutical Authority lifted the health-related ban on importing meat from five meat-packing companies in Brazil.
The document that the government shared on Thursday shows that the five factories can now send beef to the Kingdom.
Reuters was told by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture that the Saudi government has lifted the ban.
Brazil, which exports more meat than any other country, can not sell to some countries anymore because of the disease. This includes China, which is Brazil’s biggest customer.
The government said that two strange cases of mad cow disease have been found. This disease happens on its own and has nothing to do with the animals eating contaminated food. in two meat plants in Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais states.
It says that it does not hurt the health of people or animals.
The ninth country that buys the most Brazilian beef is Saudi Arabia, according to the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporters.
