Brazil, the world’s largest producer and exporter, thus resumes exports to its seventh largest buyer, although some countries, such as China and Canada, still maintain restrictions.
The European Union suspended on Thursday the embargo on imports of Brazilian chicken imposed four months ago due to the case of avian flu detected in a commercial farm in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, the Brazilian government announced.
The survey of the European embargo was announced after the video conferencing held this ThursdayBetween Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, and the Commissioner of Health and Animal Welfare of the European Union (EU), Oliver Várhelyi.
“Minister Fávaro, I have good news: our assessment is that the data provided by its ministry is enough to recognize that Brazil is free from Avian influenza,” said Oliver Várhelyi, according to a statement from the Brazilian government.
European countries thus join about 30 nations that have already resumed normally the purchase of Brazilian chicken.
Brazil is the world’s largest producer and exporter and the European Union is its seventh largest buyer of this productwith a volume of 231,900 tons last year.
Brazilian exports, however, were paralyzed on May 16, When a case of avian flu was registered in the municipality of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, State of Southern Brazil bordering Argentina and Uruguay.
As after the first outbreak there were no new cases, and after complying with a number of quarantines and measures provided for in the international protocols, the Brazil declared itself again “Free from Avian flu”.
Despite that, There are still countries and blocks that keep their poultry meat purchases from Brazilamong them China who is the largest client and Canada.
