Brazil: Japan temporarily suspends purchases of poultry meat from Espírito Santo after the case of avian flu

Japan has temporarily suspended purchases of poultry produced in Espírito Santo. Commercialization with the other states continues normally. The decision comes after the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) registered the 1st case of H5N1 in birds raised for subsistence - that is, own consumption - in Espírito Santo, on Tuesday (27). The case is about a goose, which was on a property that also raises duck, duck and chicken. Until the afternoon of this Wednesday (28), Brazil had not registered any case in commercial poultry. Japan no longer imported products from Espírito Santo before the case, informs the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA). Even so, the country is one of the countries that buys the most poultry meat produced in Brazil, representing 11% of the total sold abroad in 2022, points out Comex Stat, a Brazilian foreign trade statistics portal. It loses to China (15) and draws with the UAE. Espírito Santo represents only 0.19% of the total exported by ...