Russian Ban Surprises Brazil Beef Industry, Regulators

June 3, 2011 8:33 a.m. ET

SÃO PAULO—Brazil's beef industry and its regulators were taken by surprise when Russia announced a temporary ban on imports of animal produce from three Brazilian states, citing sanitary concerns.

Officials at Brazilian industry trade groups said they didn't know why Russia slapped the embargo on the states of Mato Grosso, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul. Brazil's Agriculture Ministry said in a news release that it received the news...

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