The European Union will halt imports of Brazilian meat, poultry, eggs, and honey from Thursday after Brazil failed to provide adequate guarantees that its exports comply with EU rules restricting antibiotic use in livestock farming. The European Commission, which bans antimicrobials as growth promoters and limits antibiotics reserved for human medicine in order to combat antimicrobial resistance, placed Brazil on a non-compliance list in May and says imports cannot resume until Brazil demonstrates it meets the bloc's standards. The suspension carries significant economic weight: Brazil was the EU's second-largest beef supplier in 2025, shipping more than 92,000 tonnes valued at over 713 million euros, and Brussels has offered no firm timeline for lifting the ban, though a concluded audit of Brazil's poultry and honey sectors could allow poultry exports to resume within weeks if findings are favourable.