Russia and six others: countries stop buying chicken and derivatives from Brazil

Published May 19, 2025

Tridge summary

Brazil is experiencing a suspension of chicken meat exports from several countries, including Mexico, South Korea, Chile, Canada, Uruguay, Malaysia, Argentina, Cuba, and Bahrain, due to concerns about bird flu, with the suspension extending to certain regions in Japan and Singapore. The situation arose from a bird flu outbreak in Montenegro, Porto Alegre, and other locations, leading to calls for increased resources to combat the disease and other health crises in Brazil. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock is considering the possibility of grouping these crises into a single request for increased budget, alongside plans for a National Fund for Health Issues to compensate producers affected by such crises.
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Original content

At a press conference held early Monday evening (19), the Deputy Secretary of Commerce and International Relations, Marcel Moreira, updated the list of countries that have announced the suspension of exports of chicken meat and related products from all of Brazil: Mexico, South Korea, Chile, Canada, Uruguay, Malaysia and Argentina. In addition, Cuba and Bahrain will not buy poultry products from the entire state of Rio Grande do Sul. Singapore and Japan have already announced that the ban is limited to a 10 km radius of Montenegro, a municipality in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre where the disease was detected. The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), in turn, reinforced that, in the case of Japan and Singapore, Brazilian sales of chicken meat will not be affected, since the municipalities surrounding Montenegro do not have commercial farms. However, according to international agreements signed between health surveillance agencies in other countries, automatic ...
Source: CanalRural

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