Brazil suspends poultry exports due to Newcastle Disease outbreak

Brazil has announced a voluntary suspension of chicken meat, egg, and poultry product exports following the confirmation of a Newcastle Disease outbreak at a farm in the city of Anta Gorda, Rio Grande do Sul. This self-embargo may impact up to 60,000 tonnes monthly on international trade. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) communicated the measure last week (18 July), establishing a self-suspension of exports for 21 days. The suspension affects shipments to different countries according to the sanitary requirements agreed with each. Nations such as China, Argentina, Peru, and Mexico foresee restrictions on the entire Brazilian territory. The impacted products include poultry meat, fresh meat and derivatives, eggs, animal feed, raw poultry material for opotherapeutic purposes, meat preparations, and untreated blood-derived products. For the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the third-largest chicken meat exporter in Brazil, the restrictions are even more severe. Poultry ...