Argentina suspends part of its poultry product imports from Brazil

Published May 16, 2025

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Argentina has suspended the import of poultry products and by-products from Brazil due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Brazil. The suspension will remain in place until Brazil can provide proof of being disease-free. The suspension does not apply to one-day-old birds and fertile eggs, as long as they come from areas recognized as disease-free by Argentina's National Service for Agri-Food Health and Quality (Senasa). The suspension is a precautionary measure, and Argentina has recommended that its producers reinforce biosecurity measures to prevent the spread of the disease.

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Argentina has preventively suspended imports of poultry products and by-products from Brazil that depend on proof that the country is free from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). This health certification is a document required in trade agreements that attests that the exporting country has no records of the disease in its territory. As Brazil confirmed an outbreak of HPAI on a commercial farm this Friday, the 16th, Argentina has decided to temporarily suspend the entry of these products until the situation is under control. The decision was announced this Friday by the National Service for Agri-Food Health and Quality (Senasa), after the confirmation of an outbreak of the disease on a commercial farm in the municipality of Montenegro, in Rio Grande do Sul. Despite the suspension, the Argentine government has maintained authorization for the entry of one-day-old birds and fertile eggs, provided that the compartments of origin are officially recognized as free of the ...

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