The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) and the Ministry of Health on Friday seized more than 700 pounds of meat products imported from Brazil after a raid at the Casa Mato Grosso Supermarket on Robb Street, in Georgetown.
According to a Department of Public Information (DPI) report, Dr. Grayson Halley, Chief Executive Officer of the GLDA, told the media that Guyana does not import meat from Brazil because of the presence of foot and mouth disease in that country.
Although Brazil has been categorised as free but with vaccination, the report noted that Dr Halley says he does not have confidence in that information as the country still has to vaccinate to prevent the disease. “Guyana is considered free without vaccination and we have to protect that status. We cannot afford now, when we want to develop our livestock industry, to lay back and allow people to bring illegal products that can possibly expose our cattle population and our livestock population in general, and then it can cripple our industry before it even takes off,” he was quoted as saying.