Brazil: Ministry of Agriculture embargoes chicken meat exports after case of Newcastle disease

Published 2024년 7월 19일

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Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) has imposed a self-embargo on chicken meat exports due to a Newcastle disease outbreak in a commercial poultry farm in Rio Grande do Sul, leading to a 90-day phytosanitary emergency. This emergency, aimed at enhancing epidemiological surveillance and eradication procedures, has resulted in suspensions of poultry exports to China, Argentina, the European Union, and other countries. However, thermo-processed poultry products exports to Argentina, South Africa, and Chile are still authorized. The ordinance also outlines strict inspection procedures to be followed by slaughterhouses.

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) decided to self-embargo chicken meat exports from Brazil after the record of a case of Newcastle disease in a commercial poultry farm in Rio Grande do Sul. Just this morning, Mapa published an ordinance declaring a phytosanitary emergency in the state. The measure is valid for a period of 90 days, depending on the detection of infection by the pathogenic Newcastle disease virus in commercial birds. The declaration of emergency provides for more agile epidemiological surveillance with the application of outbreak eradication procedures, established in the Contingency Plan for Avian Influenza and Newcastle disease. For some markets, the Government adopted a total embargo on sales of poultry products, for others, only an embargo on products coming from RS. Earlier this afternoon, Mapa reported that it had suspended poultry exports from Brazil to China. Yesterday, a circular letter from the Ministry of Agriculture informed that the ...

Source: BRMoneytimes