The government reports that the measure was ‘preventive’ and ‘necessary’ to maintain health control of mining farms, ‘following previous plans for possible occurrences such’
After the case detected in a commercial farm in Montenegro (RS), the state of reported that it ruled out 450 tons of fertile and other materials from the municipality of Rio Grande do Sul. According to a statement by the Minas Gerais government, the measure came after the tracking of the cargo, carried out by the Secretariat of Agriculture and the Minas Gerais Institute of Agriculture (IMA).
The government reports that the measure was “preventive” and “necessary” to maintain sanitary control of mining farms, “following previous plans for possible occurrences of such type, ensuring containment and eradication of the disease and the maintenance of the sector’s productive capacity”.
Also according to the statement, all measures are part of the contingency plan of high pathogenicity (IAAP) Avianza Influenza, signed between Union, States and Productive Sector in 2022, when the first focus of the disease in South America emerged.
The Minas Gerais government also explained that fertile eggs are those used for fertilization and bird production, not for consumption. “The tracking of fertile eggs produced in this farm of the city of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, is being finalized and, therefore, the need for new products in Minas Gerais can still occur in the coming days,” he said. Minas Gerais holds the second largest egg production in the country and the fifth largest production of gallinats.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Carolina Ferreira
