The Ministry of Agriculture and Tire (MAPA) decided, from Friday (16), chicken exports from Rio Grande de Sol. The decision was taken after registering Bird flu state In the city of Montenegro, in the inner part of the state. The government has not set a final date for re -exports.
This measure aims to maintain the credibility of Brazilian meat and try to ensure the resumption of shortening exports, as soon as the cases are controlled.
Before the decision, China and the European Union have already made the decision to suspend the purchase of chicken meat in Brazil.
An automatic and self -suspension is provided in the agreed chicken export protocol between the country and the Europeans, as well as the Chinese.
Brazil recorded the first focus of bird flu on a commercial farm on Thursday (15).
The disease has been in the world since 2006, But it only reached Brazil in 2023. Until Thursday, bird flu not only reached wild birds.
Check the memorandum from the Ministry of Agriculture and Tamunction (MAPA)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Tamunction (MAPA) has reported that the restrictions imposed on exporting bird products follow the agreed requirements with the imported countries, according to the relevant international health certificates models.
When the requirements are linked to the restriction of the area capable of export, they differ according to the disease, or impose restrictions on the entire country or the application of the regional (restriction of the state, the municipality, or even the affected area only). Countries like Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Philippines, for example, have already agreed to the regional.
As an effect on the discovery of the disease, the agreed certificate is applied and the communication process for commercial partners begins, with a technical observation of the truth, while giving complete transparency to the situation. In addition, the map maintains its technical staff available for clarification or any technical meeting, if any authority in the imported country requests, in order to reaffirm compliance with the obligations from Brazil and increase confidence in our system.
Therefore, the map indicates that there is currently no wide restrictions on the export of bird products from Rio Grande Do SUL.
China – according to the condition stipulated in art. 11 of the bilateral health agreement signed between Brazil and China, on this date, bird products exports are suspended to this market.
The European Certificate-the model agreed with the European Union states that in the face of diseases detection, all qualified regions are restricted.
