Lupi Martins
Reporter Agência Brasil

Porto Alegre - A technical mission from the European Union arrived in Brazil this week to begin a series of visits to the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná and São Paulo where they will inspect animal sanitation controls and laboratories where foot and mouth disease vaccines are manufactured.

"The EU is an important importer of Brazilian beef and this visit will permit them to verify our product quality controls and the care that goes into making vaccines," says Jose Severo, the Ministry of Agriculture superintendent in Rio Grande do Sul. He explains that the mission will follow the food chain from the farm to the slaughterhouse.

Translation: Allen Bennett