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Avian flu advances, putting Brazil’s poultry sector on alert

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On high alert over the spread of avian influenza in Brazil, the animal protein sector considers the risk to Brazilian chicken exports from an outbreak of the disease on commercial farms to be low. But the yellow light went out on Tuesday after Japan suspended imports of chicken from Mato Grosso do Sul following the discovery of an outbreak of bird flu in subsistence poultry in Bonito.Concerns have grown since the outbreak was detected in domestic poultry in the interior of the country. Two other outbreaks have already been detected in subsistence poultry, but in coastal states."I’m not going to tell you what the impact would be, but we’re predicting it’s minimized. If it were in the past, Japan would have closed the entire country, but it has already evolved to regionalization by state and is evaluating now by municipality," said Ricardo Santin, president of the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA).The Asian country had already suspended purchases of chicken from the states of Santa Catarina and Espírito Santos following the discovery of avian flu in subsistence poultry, but lifted the embargo in August.According to the biosecurity protocol adopted by Japan, Brazil must send a report on all the measures taken for epidemiological control 28 days after the confirmation of the case, and it is up to the Japanese authorities whether or not to resume imports.However, the Mato Grosso state government is expected to ask for an earlier deadline, Jaime Verruck, secretary of Environment, Development, Science, Technology and Innovation (Semadesc), told Valor. "Given that the outbreak has already been completely eliminated, the governor [Eduardo Riedel] will send a request tomorrow [Thursday] to Minister [Carlos] Fávaro to bring forward this temporary suspension in Japan, which we understand is quite possible given that cases have only been recorded in subsistence birds," he said.The Japanese reaction surprised analysts, as the Brazilian government - after an official mission to Japan - had signaled that the Asian country would not suspend...

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