SAO PAULO—Brazil, the world’s largest beef exporter, has suspended beef exports to its No. 1 customer China after confirming two cases of atypical mad cow disease in two separate domestic meat plants, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday.
The suspension, which is part of an animal health pact agreed between China and Brazil and is designed to allow Beijing time to take stock of the problem, begins immediately, the ministry said in a statement. China will decide when to begin importing again, it added.
