SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry on Friday updated the list of countries that have placed restrictions on chicken trade with Brazil, 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, European Union, Mexico, Iraq, Chile, Philippines, South Africa, Jordan, Peru, Canada, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Malaysia, Argentina, Timor-Leste, Morocco, Bolivia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Albania, Namibia and India.
SUSPENSIONS TARGETING RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Bahrain, Cuba, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Angola
As of Friday South Korea was enforcing a statewide ban, the agriculture minister said
SUSPENSIONS TARGETING MONTENEGRO CITY
United Arab Emirates and Japan
(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu, Isabel Teles, Roberto Samora, Luis Jaime Acosta; Writing by Ana Mano; Editing by Aurora Ellis, Jan Harvey, Toby Chopra, Sandra Maler and David Gregorio)
