The country’s agricultural secretariat said in a statement that Mexico stopped importing poultry products in Brazil. The Mexican government claims that this action has taken “the protection of the local poultry industry” and that it is a preventive comment. The suspension is valid for importing chicken meat, fertile eggs and live birds, among other poultry products in Brazil.
In the observation, the Secretariat stated that the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture reported the National Service for Health, Safety and Agricultural Quality (SENASIC) on Thursday, May 15th, about the concentration of bird influenza (high -beta (IAAP) H5N1) in Brazilian territory. “Therefore, Mexico decided to suspend the import of poultry products in Brazil while receiving animal health information about responding to the outbreak of the disease,” the Mexican government said. The suspension occurs after confirming the first concentration of bird influenza on a commercial farm to produce matrices in Montenegro, Rio Grande de Sol.
The Mexican government also indicates that the decision has been taken to avoid animal health risks in the production of national poultry. Therefore, poultry meat, fertile eggs, and eggs free of pathogens (SPF), and chicken up to three days of age, will not be able to be able to infection with human consumption and poultry raw materials to produce pets for pets from entering.
It was already expected to be suspended by Mexico by the Brazilian government. as Agro broadcastThe Protocol agreed between Brazil and Mexico provides restrictions on a certificate of export of products from all over the Brazilian lands to the country in the case of mutation flu in the commercial team. “The tendency is a comment at this first moment,” said Louis Roa, Minister of Trade and International Trade and Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture. broadcast.
To date, in addition to Mexico, poultry exports and products from Brazil to China, the European Union (EU), Argentina, Uruguay and Chile are suspended. In all, Brazilian chicken shipments throughout the national region reach six destinations after pathogenic Affianza on a commercial farm in the country. South Korea, South Africa and Russia tend to suspend the purchases of chicken in Brazil at first due to the agreed export protocols. The Ministry of Agriculture estimates that Brazil can stop exporting from $ 100 million to $ 200 million of chicken and derivatives monthly.
