BRF has announced that it is set to make its first pork shipment to Japan, which will make BRF the first Brazilian company to export pork to Japan.
The initial shipment includes filets and shoulder of pork, produced at the Campos Novos (SC) unit, one of the two company plants which have been cleared for exports to Japan. The shipment will leave Itajai port Itajai port on 14 July.
The importer is Mitsubishi, a leading player in the meat segment in Japan. Commercial relations between Mitsubishi and BRF began at the end of the 1990s and came to fruition three years ago with the shipment of chicken meat.
In addition to Campos Novos, BRF's Herval D'Oeste (SC) unit has also received approval to slaughter and produce pork for export to the Japanese market.
BRF noted that both plants operate the most internationally advanced technology and strictest sanitary conditions and are located in Santa Catarina.
Santa Catarina is the only state in the Brazil to receive OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) recognition as free from foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination, a mandatory requirement for exports to Japan.
