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 The change is under consideration after a group of veterinary
products manufacturers made a formal request to the ministry to
reduce dosages to 2 ml from 5 ml, and remove a compound known as
saponin from the vaccine, it told Reuters in a statement.
The government said changes will require tests to certify the
quality of vaccines, adding the matter remains under analysis.
Foot-and-mouth disease is an infectious disease that affects cattle.
The United States imposed a ban on fresh Brazilian beef imports in
June, saying it had found abscesses in the meat and signs of
systemic failure of sanitary inspections.
Brazilian ranchers believe the abscesses were linked to
foot-and-mouth vaccines and blame the way the government mandates
they inject cattle with them and certain substances in them.
The manufacturers' group, known as Sindan, said in a statement on
Monday the government had agreed to remove saponin from the vaccines
applied on the herd of the world's top beef exporter.
The planned changes were announced during the sixth extraordinary
meeting of the South American Commission for the Fight Against
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Cosalfa) in Brasília in July 20-21, Sindan
said.
Sindan said the new vaccines would be available in time for the
vaccination campaign starting in November 2018.
Nationwide vaccinations occur every May and November, a ministry
spokesperson said.
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After meeting last week with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny
Perdue, Brazil's Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said the country
could lift the beef ban in 30 to 60 days pending an analysis of
information presented by his team.
Perdue's press office said the two discussed the technical
difficulties Brazilian beef products had encountered, which led to
the ban. In a statement, the United States mentioned "corrective
actions Brazil has taken and continues to take," without
elaborating.
"Secretary Perdue expressed a desire to harmonize and equalize the
inspection process to give each country confidence in the safety of
food products," the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
The South American Commission for the Fight Against Foot-and-Mouth
Disease was established in 1972 and has 13 member countries
including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,
Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.
(Reporting by José Roberto Gomes and Ana Mano; Writing by Ana Mano;
Editing by James Dalgleish)
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