# Sort and Cull: US Questions Brazilian Beef Imports

> US feedlots and the NCBA are questioning fresh beef imports from Brazil after two human CJD cases and two atypical BSE cases were detected there. The NCBA has asked USDA to suspend imports pending a risk review of Brazil's disease detection system.

- Date: 2021-11-19 · published 2021-11-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44004-sort-and-cull-us-questions-brazilian-beef-imports
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A suspension of Brazilian fresh beef would tighten US beef supply and could support domestic cattle prices, though no action has been taken yet.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2023-03-07 | [The Impact of Brazil's Mad Cow Case on US Beef Prices and Exports \| Hoosier Ag Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36798-the-impact-of-brazil-s-mad-cow-case-on-us-beef-prices-and-exports-hoosier-ag.md) | -0.7% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-09-07 | [MLA and Commonwealth Bank experts weigh in on China's suspension of imports of Brazilian beef  \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45005-mla-and-commonwealth-bank-experts-weigh-in-on-china-s-suspension-of-imports-of.md) | -1.3% | -2.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-01-11 | [China, Philippines suspend beef imports from Canada after BSE case \| Calgary Herald](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43086-china-philippines-suspend-beef-imports-from-canada-after-bse-case-calgary-herald.md) | -0.0% | +2.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-07-21 | [China bans cattle imports from Laos to prevent skin disease
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46009-china-bans-cattle-imports-from-laos-to-prevent-skin-disease-the-beef-site.md) | +0.5% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-08-13 | [US to expand bird-flu testing of beef in slaughterhouses \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16073-us-to-expand-bird-flu-testing-of-beef-in-slaughterhouses-reuters.md) | -0.7% | -4.4% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2021/11/19/sort-cull-us-questions-brazilian

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