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According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, the use of additives for preservation and the use of swine head parts in inlays are permitted by legislation

With a robust agricultural sector, Brazil is going to be the largest exporter of beef in the world in the coming years. For this, the sector has a strict inspection and sanitary system to meet the most demanding markets of the more than 150 Brazilian beef importing countries.

The recent Operation Poor Meat, triggered by the Federal Police, raised some doubts about meat processing by Brazilian slaughterhouses. There has been misinformation regarding the use of chemicals in meat, which is permitted by law, for example.

Acidic arctic

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Map), ascorbic acid, a food additive used in meat processing, is not carcinogenic and serves to preserve meat. Antioxidant, the product has an authorized use limit of only 0.02% on meat.

Pork head meat

Much has also been said about the parts of the animal used for making sausages. According to the Map, the use of meats with the origin of swine heads in the production of calabresa sausages is allowed, which does not pose a risk to consumers' health, nor any irregularities in the manufacture of these products.

"The meat obtained from the heads of the animals consists mainly of the masseter and pterygoid muscles (masticatory muscles of the animals), together with the musculature of the base of the tongue," said the pulp, adding that these meats, called "industrial", are used Widely throughout the world.

Rigorous inspection system

The federal government emphasizes the rigorous sanitary process of the Country before the episode with the Brazilian meats. In Brazil,  4,383 cold plants are heavily inspected by Map agencies. Of this total, only three had their activities suspended before the episode involving Brazilian beef.

Inspections are carried out by the Federal Inspection  Service (SIF), responsible for ensuring the quality of edible and inedible products of animal origin destined for the domestic and foreign markets, as well as for imported products.