Brazil beef ban thrusts two civil servants into media spotlight: after reading Globe and Mail’s story, new Health deputy minister Ian Green asked Diane Kirkpatrick to handle the issue

Two top federal civil servants were scrambling to put out last week's public relations fires, namely irate Brazilians and equally irate Health Canada scientists.

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