EU, China and some Latin American countries halt poultry imports from Brazil after bird flu outbreak

(17 May 2025)
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Montenegro, Brazil - 17 May 2025
1. Various aerials of an excavator digging a trench to bury infected poultry on a commercial farm where a bird flu outbreak was detected ++MUTE++
2. Health and safety agents setting up disinfection barriers to contain the bird flu
3. Health agent washing a car tire as part of a sanitary barrier operation
4. Health agents in setting up the barrier
5. Placards reading (Portuguese) "Property sealed off."
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Ananda Paula Kowalski, Coordinator of the Poultry Health Program of the State of Rio Grande do Sul:
"Almost 100% of the poultry in the first shed died as a result of the disease, and by last night, we had already lost about 80% of the birds in the second shed. The remaining birds were culled."
7. Large city sign displaying the name Montenegro at the entrance to the town
8. Aerial of a nearby poultry farm ++MUTE++
9. Poltry
10. Various of workers handling containers to place the poultry inside
11. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Marciel Laurie, 35-year-old, poultry farmer:
"We’re in a dangerous spot right now, the farm (where the bird flu outbreak happened) is close to us, so being extra careful at times like this is essential."
12. Workers with the poultry
STORYLINE:
Authorities in Rio Grande do Sul, where Brazil’s first case of bird flu in commercial poultry was confirmed, are setting up disinfection barriers to contain the outbreak.

The measures aim to prevent the virus from spreading to other farms and protect Brazil’s massive poultry industry, one of the world’s largest exporters.

Mexico, Chile and Uruguay have halted poultry imports from Brazil after the country confirmed its first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm, authorities said Saturday.

On Friday, Brazil's Agriculture and Livestock ministry said China and the European Union had halted poultry imports from Brazil.

Mexico's National Service for Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety and Quality said in a statement Saturday that it suspended temporarily the import of chicken meat, fertile eggs, live birds and other poultry products from Brazil as a precautionary measure.

Chile and Uruguay have also halted poultry imports, Luis Rua, secretary of international trade at Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, told local news service Broadcast Agro.

Brazil is one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of poultry, accounting for 14% of global chicken meat production, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

An egg shortage in the United States following a bird flu outbreak there boosted Brazilian egg exports to the U.S., rising by more than 1,000% between January and April 2025, compared to the same period the previous year, according to trade data from the Brazilian government.

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