FILE PHOTO: A member of the Public Health Surveillance Agency inspects beef at a supermarket after the Chilean government suspended all meat and poultry imports from Brazil, in Santiago, Chile March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil needs independent controls over its meat industry, a top EU health official said on Wednesday, as he wrapped up a visit to the country rocked by an anti-corruption investigation centring on bribery of its food-sanitation inspectors.
Brazil's police say in court documents bribes were paid to cover up serious health violations by some meat companies, including the sale of rotten and salmonella-contaminated products. Their probe, dubbed "Operation Weak Flesh," led some of Brazil's biggest export markets to ban its meats.
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