The government has lifted the disqualification of sanitary records on processed meat products from Brazil, which had been in force since March 23 of this year.

From a statement issued by the Panamanian Food Safety Authority:

The Panamanian Food Safety Authority (AUPSA) has  lifted the disqualification of sanitary records of processed meat products from Brazil for not being related to the investigation carried out in that southern country.

By Resolution No. 004-CTI-2017 of 21 March 2017, the Authority had temporarily discontinued sanitary registrations of Brazilian meat products as a preventive measure.

After carrying out the corresponding investigations, and on the basis of notifications from the Brazilian sanitary authorities, the products of meat origin hitherto imported and marketed in Panama “are not related in any way to the investigation in which the Federal Police revealed alleged irregularities in 21 plants in the states of Paraná, Minas, Gerais and Gias, according to official letter No. 07/64/17-FD2 of the Ministry of Livestock Agriculture and Supply in Brazil.