Canada Reopens Market to Brazilian Chicken, Ending Last Suspension

Overview

• Canada notified Brazil’s agriculture ministry on Dec. 26 that imports of Brazilian chicken are authorized again, according to ABPA.
• The suspension was imposed in May after one highly pathogenic avian influenza case at a commercial farm in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul.
• Brazilian authorities reported the incident controlled, with the country declared free of the event on June 18.
• Major buyers such as the European Union and China had already lifted restrictions in recent months, leaving Canada as the final market to reopen.
• ABPA called the outcome a product of coordinated sanitary diplomacy, crediting Minister Carlos Fávaro and secretaries Luís Rua and Carlos Goulart.