Avian Flu: Japan Rs. | Stopping imports from living birds from the economy

Oh Japan Stopped the import of living birds Rio Grande Do Sul And from Poultry products in the Municipality of Montenegro (RS) After confirming the avian flu case on the commercial farm in the municipality. These sanctions were informed in a press release of the Ministry of Agriculture, forests and Fishing of Japan (MAF). This measure is valid from Friday (16).

Statement tells it The suspension is temporary E. Directed to the limit on the latest eggs of the meat and Montenegro’s meat and poultry of living birds across the stateThe vision of the disease is found. The suspension takes place after the first focus of High Pathogenicity Avianza Influenza (IAPP, H5N1) at the commercial poultry production farm in Montenegro, Mantenegro, Municipality of Porto Alegre (RS), which was confirmed last Friday (16).

“To prevent the entry of the disease in Japan, the import of birds living in the state of Rio Grande Doe Sul has been temporarily suspended on May 16, 2025, and we have temporarily stopped the import of fresh beef and fresh eggs in the city of Montenegro.

According to the Portfolio, the Brazilian Health Authority reported the avian flu spread at the Poultry Unit in Montenegro. “Lifestyle birds are imported in Japan to prevent the virus from getting infected, poultry meat, fresh shell eggs, suspended from affected countries or regions, not due to food hygiene reasons.”

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Regionalization of limitations is provided for the agreed health certificate between Brazil and Japan. In July last year, the Ministry of Agriculture agreed to regionalize the IAAP Protocol as proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture. With this, sanctions for chicken meat imported from Brazil can be limited to municipalities with certified cases of avior flu.

Oh Japan’s third main destination of Brazilian Chicken. From January to April this year, Chicken meat shipments for Japan are 123.169,000 tonnes, a total of US $ 237.321 million, according to the numbers compiled by the Brazilian aggrieves foreign commercial statistics.

According to information from the Ministry of Finance, released in the statement, in 2024, Japan imported 451,712 tonnes of poultry meat in Brazil in 2024, with a total of 1,160 million tonnes of country imported. From living chicks, Japan bought 30.896 thousand tonnes of 299.419 thousand tonnes of Brazil. Japanese import from eggs has already reached 1.293 thousand tonnes and 24,983 thousand tonnes.

The Ministry of Agriculture is already considering Japan amidst destinations with a limit on exports of poultry products in Brazil. In addition to regional suspensions of purchases through Japan, chicken and derivative exports across Brazilian territory have been suspended to China, European Union, Canada, South Africa, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Uruguay, Mexico and South Korea, according to a survey.