SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday updated the list of countries that have placed restrictions on chicken trade with the world’s largest exporter after it confirmed its first case of bird flu on a commercial farm.
The outbreak was identified in the city of Montenegro in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
SUSPENSIONS OF TRADE IN ALL POULTRY FROM BRAZIL
China, the European Union, South Africa, Peru, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Pakistan – no change, in line with existing protocols
Mexico, South Korea, Chile, Canada, Uruguay, Malaysia, Argentina – no change to announced suspensions
Iraq, the Eurasian Union, East Timor, the Philippines, Jordan – added to list
SUSPENSIONS TARGETING RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE
United Kingdom, Bahrain, Cuba – no change to announced suspensions
Macedonia, Montenegro, Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Tajikistan – added to list
SUSPENSIONS TARGETING MONTENEGRO CITY
Japan – no change to announced suspension
Saudi Arabia – added to list
(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu and Isabel Teles; Writing by Ana Mano; Editing by Aurora Ellis and Jan Harvey)
