EU to ban Brazilian meat imports from September

Published on 12/05/2026 - 19:47 GMT+2

An EU committee made up of experts from subordinate states voted connected Tuesday to prohibition imports of Brazilian nutrient starting 3 September owed to the usage of antimicrobials to stimulate carnal growth.

The determination to region Brazil from the database of countries that comply with EU nutrient information standards comes arsenic the EU-Mercosur escaped commercialized statement betwixt the EU and Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay provisionally entered into unit connected 1 May.

The deal, which liberalises commercialized of agri-product betwixt some sides of the Atlantic, remains fiercely opposed by EU farmers, who fearfulness that antithetic accumulation standards connected some sides of the Atlantic volition make unfair contention from Latin American imports.

“The information that the Union is capable to enforce the rules is indispensable for trust, a level playing field, and bully relations with our trading partners,” an EU diplomat told Euronews.

An authoritative with cognition of the record said that the ballot was unanimous and makes Brazil the archetypal state removed from the database of states complying with EU restrictions connected antimicrobial usage successful animals.

The database of 3rd countries which comply with EU requirements, and truthful tin export food-producing animals to the EU, volition beryllium formally adopted successful the coming days.

The European Commission has consistently said EU nutrient information rules would proceed to use to cultivation products imported from Latin America aft the woody enters into force.

Commission's spokesperson Eva Hrncirova confirmed to Euronews that from 3 September Brazil volition nary longer beryllium capable export to the EU commodities specified arsenic bovine, equine, poultry, eggs, aquaculture, chromatic and casings.

"Trade agreements bash not alteration our rules," Hrncirova said, adding: "The Commission establishes the Union’s mandatory sanitary and phytosanitary standards, and some our farmers and exporters from 3rd countries person to comply with them."

Brussels has besides negotiated safeguards aimed astatine protecting EU farmers, including mechanisms to show imaginable marketplace disruption from a surge successful imports from Mercosur countries. Quotas were besides introduced for delicate products, including poultry and meat.

Once compliance with the information rules is demonstrated by Brazil, the EU volition beryllium capable to resume the imports, and Brazil volition beryllium capable to payment from the aforesaid tariff alleviation arsenic the different Mercosur countries.