Bird flu: 17 countries lift embargoes on Brazilian chicken

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) stated this Tuesday 24 that 17 countries have already removed restrictions on the import of poultry meat from Brazil after the outbreak of bird flu in the municipality of Montenegro (RS).

At this time, Algeria, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, El Salvador, Iraq, Japan, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Myanmar, Montenegro, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu and Vietnam have removed export restrictions on Brazilian chicken meat.

The current situation regarding restrictions on Brazilian poultry meat exports is as follows:

Total suspension of poultry meat exports from Brazil: Albania, Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, Philippines, India, North Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Pakistan, Peru, Timor-Leste, European Union and Uruguay.

Suspension restricted to the state of Rio Grande do Sul: South Africa, Angola, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Bahrain, Belarus, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Cuba, Kuwait, Mexico, Namibia, Oman, Kyrgyzstan, United Kingdom, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey and Ukraine.

Suspension limited to the municipality of Montenegro (RS): Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Jordan.

Zone-limited suspension: Hong Kong, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Singapore, Suriname and Uzbekistan. Recognition of specific zones is referred to as regionalization, as provided for in the World Organization for Animal Health (WHO) Terrestrial Code and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS).

According to Mapa, the ministry remains in contact with the health authorities of the importing countries, providing all necessary technical information on the case. The ministry also declared the end of the state of zoosanitary emergency in the municipality of Montenegro, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, due to avian flu.

The declaration of a state of emergency for IAAP had been published on May 16, valid for 60 days, for a radius of 10 km around the detected focus of the disease.

With the end of the sanitary vacuum period and no new occurrences, Brazil completed all required sanitary actions and informed the WHO, once again regaining its disease-free status.