[ti:Chinese Supermarkets Stop Selling Brazilian Meat After Food Safety Scandal+++中国超市在巴西食品安全丑闻后停止销售巴西牛肉] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.00]Some of China's largest food suppliers have stopped selling Brazilian beef and poultry. [00:09.06]The move comes following a scandal over Brazil's meat processing industry. [00:16.87]Fears over Brazilian meat safety have grown since police accused [00:23.40]inspectors of taking bribes to permit the sale of rotten and infected meats. [00:30.51]Brazil is the world's largest exporter of beef. [00:36.38]The announcement from the Chinese food suppliers comes days [00:41.45]after China temporarily suspended Brazilian meat imports. [00:46.75]Sun Art Retail operates 400 Chinese hypermarkets. [00:52.89]A spokeswoman for Sun Art said its stores removed Brazilian beef on Monday [00:59.89]from two of the country's top meat exporters. [01:03.84]Brazilian beef makes up less than 10 percent of Sun Art's beef supply, she said. [01:11.28]Wal-Mart stores in China have also removed Brazilian meat products from its stores, [01:19.38]the Reuters news agency reported. [01:22.49]And Germany's Metro has withdrawn Brazilian chicken products [01:27.61]from its Chinese stores, a manager said. [01:30.77]Hong Kong, Japan, Canada and Mexico have also announced [01:38.06]they were stopping major imports of some Brazilian meat. [01:42.53]President Michel Temer said the sale of rotten meat [01:47.85]was an "economic embarrassment for the country." [01:51.22]The Brazilian government has so far barred the exports of meats from 21 plants under investigation. [02:00.97]Brazilian officials on Tuesday tried to calm consumers. [02:06.69]They said the recent investigation has found only isolated problems with rotten or infected meat. [02:17.01]However, the reaction by Chinese food suppliers suggests [02:23.30]that the investigation could have a big effect on the world's top meat exporter. [02:29.78]Brazil's trade associations for meat producers warned that the scandal [02:36.65]could affect employment and the economy. [02:40.47]Meat exports make up 15 percent of total exports. [02:47.23]Cattle-raising is also an important part of Brazil's culture. [02:53.00]China has had its own share of food safety scandals in recent years. [03:00.06]Food suppliers want to avoid any possible risks. [03:05.36]Sun Art's spokeswoman said it removed Brazilian beef from its shelves [03:12.44]before the Chinese government formally commented on the issue. [03:17.48]Brazil is the top supplier of beef to China. Importers must now wait several days [03:26.13]before they try to find different meat suppliers. [03:29.76]The meat will likely be more expensive than Brazil's. [03:34.93]Hong Kong was the second-biggest buyer of Brazilian meat last year. [03:40.96]The Hong Kong supermarket chain PARKnSHOP said it had removed all Brazilian pork, [03:49.04]beef and chicken from its stores' shelves. [03:54.00]PARKnSHOP said in a statement, "To cater for the needs of customers, [04:00.03]we will increase the supply of meat and poultry products from other countries." [04:07.01]I'm Phil Dierking. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM