18-03-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com

Brazil president calls emergency meeting over tainted meat scandal

Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian President Michel Temer called an emergency ministerial meeting for Sunday to deal with a growing scandal over the safety of meat and poultry sold at home and abroad by the world's leading supplier.A two-year police investigation revealed Friday the existence of a corrupt scheme in which dozens of health inspectors were allegedly bribed to certify tainted food as fit for consumption.It comes at a sensitive time, as Brazil and other members of South America's Merc
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