Press Release: Commissioner Kyprianou visits Brazil to review food safety measures for exports

Markos Kyprianou, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, will visit Brazil from 9-13 October 2006 to reiterate the EU’s determination to protect consumers with regard to food safety and animal health. He will use the visit to underline the duty that Brazilian authorities have in ensuring that products destined for Europe are fully compliant with EU rules. The Commission has already taken stringent measures for certain Brazilian commodities due to food safety and animal health concerns, and Mr Kyprianou will stress that further measures may be taken if identified problems aren’t satisfactorily addressed. During this trip, Mr Kyprianou will meet with Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, Agriculture Minister Luis Carlos Guedes Pinto and Secretary of State for Agriculture Gabriel Alves Maciel, amongst others. He will also visit a residue control laboratory, a slaughterhouse, a tuna factory and a cattle ranch in the State of Goiàs.