{"id":756351,"date":"2026-09-01T05:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T05:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/756351\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T05:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T05:34:09","slug":"unions-renew-call-for-uk-to-ban-meat-from-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/756351\/","title":{"rendered":"Unions renew call for UK to ban meat from Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-theme aspect-16\/9 bg-bgr-tone\" loading=\"eager\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dreamstime_meat-products.jpg\" alt=\"Unions renew call for UK to ban meat from Brazil\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n        Published:<br \/>\n        September 01, 2026, 12:02 am\n      <\/p>\n<p>Four farming unions in the United Kingdom have renewed calls for a ban on imports of Brazilian meat to align with European restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Angela Eagle, Defra Secretary of State, the National Farmers Union (NFU), NFU Scotland, Ulster Farmers\u2019 Union and NFU Cymru asked for a UK-wide ban on Brazilian Products of Animal Origin (POAO) from Sept. 3, which is when revised European rules come into force.<\/p>\n<p>The groups said that failing to act could put public health, farm businesses and public confidence in UK food at risk. It has been a month since Tom Bradshaw, NFU president, urged the government to introduce a ban during a meeting with Eagle.<\/p>\n<p>          This post is for paying subscribers only<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"kg-button gh-btn rounded-btn! bg-brand! text-brand-contrast! hover:brightness-110 font-medium!\" data-portal=\"signup\" href=\"#\/portal\/signup\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-typ\">Already have an account? <a class=\"kg-link text-typ! hover:text-brand! hover:opacity-100! decoration-2! underline-offset-2!\" data-portal=\"signin\" href=\"#\/portal\/signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      Your Support Protects Public Health<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Food Safety News is nonprofit and reader-funded. Your TAX-FREE gift ensures ongoing coverage of outbreaks, recalls, and regulations for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: September 01, 2026, 12:02 am Four farming unions in the United Kingdom have renewed calls for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-756351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}