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World's largest beef exporter Brazil suspends supply to China after case of mad cow disease

China is by far the top consumer worldwide of Brazilian beef. (Facebook: Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil)

Brazil has announced it will temporarily suspend beef exports to China as it deals with a case of mad cow disease — otherwise known as BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy).

In a statement from Brazil's Minister for Agriculture Carlos Favaro, it was confirmed the case centred around a nine-year-old male animal from a small property in the northern Brazilian state of Pará.

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