Mexico, Chile and Uruguay halt poultry imports from Brazil after bird flu outbreak

SAO PAULO – Mexico, Chile and Uruguay person halted poultry imports from Brazil aft the state confirmed its first vertebrate flu outbreak connected a commercialized farm, authorities said Saturday.

On Friday, Brazil's Agriculture and Livestock ministry said China and the European Union had halted poultry imports from Brazil.

Mexico's National Service for Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety and Quality said successful a connection Saturday that it suspended temporarily the import of chickenhearted meat, fertile eggs, unrecorded birds and different poultry products from Brazil arsenic a precautionary measure.

Chile and Uruguay person besides halted poultry imports, Luis Rua, caput of planetary commercialized astatine Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, told section quality work Broadcast Agro.

Brazil is 1 of the world’s starring producers and exporters of poultry, accounting for 14% of planetary chickenhearted nutrient production, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

An egg shortage successful the United States pursuing a vertebrate flu outbreak determination boosted Brazilian ovum exports to the U.S., rising by much than 1,000% betwixt January and April 2025, compared to the aforesaid play the erstwhile year, according to commercialized information from the Brazilian government.

Brazilian authorities said Friday the microorganism was recovered astatine a installation successful the confederate authorities of Rio Grande bash Sul, adding that a contingency program has been implemented “not lone to destruct the illness but besides to support the sector’s productive capacity, ensuring proviso and, consequently, nutrient information for the population.”

The agriculture ministry besides said it notified the World Organization for Animal Health, the Ministries of Health and the Environment and Brazil’s commercialized partners.

Restriction connected poultry exports follows rules agreed connected with each importing country, based connected planetary wellness certificate requirements, the Agriculture and Livestock ministry added. Depending connected the benignant of disease, immoderate deals use to the full state portion others impact limits connected wherever products tin travel from — for example, a circumstantial state, metropolis oregon conscionable the country of the outbreak.

Brazilian chickenhearted exports person antecedently faced absorption implicit sanitary concerns. In 2018, the European Union temporarily banned imports of chickenhearted from 20 Brazilian plants owed to concerns astir salmonella. Brazil brought the lawsuit to the World Trade Organization.

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