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Brazil Stops All Exports of Poultry Meat to China
According to an official Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) document released today (19 July) Brazil has taken a precautionary measure to temporarily suspend the issuance of international sanitary certificates for poultry meat exports to the People's Republic of China. Sanitary certificates requested from 17 July will not be issued until further notice.
This is an updated measure from a previous declaration from MAPA banning poultry meat and meat products originating solely from the State of Rio Grande Do Sul.
Meanwhile, MAPA also declared today (19 July) an animal health...
Brazil Reports First Outbreak of Newcastle Disease in Poultry Since 2006
Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) has reported an outbreak of Newcastle disease in a commercial poultry flock in the municipality of Anta Gorda, Rio Grande do Sul state.
MAPA said the poultry farm was immediately quarantined. All birds will be culled, the farm disinfected, and a complementary investigation will also be carried out within a 10 km radius around the area where the outbreak occurred, in accordance with the national Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease Contingency Plan...
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