Brazil’s poultry industry is reeling from the country’s first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm, but officials hope China and other major consumers will soon loosen countrywide bans on importing Brazil’s chicken.
If the world’s largest chicken exporter can contain the outbreak in Brazil’s southernmost state, then China could follow the example of Japan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to limit bans to only that state’s chicken, government officials said. “Since global demand is very strong, it’s likely that there will soon be some flexibility,” said Luis Rua, international secretary at Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry. “We are doing our part to quickly share information so things aren’t suspended for long.” Read more