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South Africa avoids blanket ban on Brazilian poultry

By , based on Business Day (South Africa)

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South Africa is maintaining imports of Brazilian poultry, but restricting them to establishments unaffected by Newcastle disease. Trade in fresh meat, hatching eggs and day-old chicks remains authorised under conditions, as Brazil reported a third outbreak on 27 October, according to South Africa’s Agriculture Ministry, cited by Reuters.

South Africa will not impose a blanket ban on imports of Brazilian poultry. South Africa’s Agriculture Ministry will limit restrictions to shipments from sites where outbreaks of Newcastle disease have been reported, it said on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

Health certificates agreed between the two countries allow trade in fresh poultry meat, hatching eggs and day-old chicks to continue, subject to compliance with import requirements. The ministry specified that the restriction would not apply to the whole of Brazil.

South Africa imports about one-fifth of the poultry it consumes each year, and Brazil supplies at least 70% of its imports. South African authorities were informed of the first outbreak in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina on 20 October. Brazil announced a third outbreak of Newcastle disease on 27 October at a farm in Nova Erechim. This highly contagious viral disease affects birds.

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