EU Accepts Brazil’s Poultry Antimicrobial Protocols, Clearing Path to Relist Chicken

Overview

• Brazil said on Thursday that EU authorities formally accepted its antimicrobial-control protocols for poultry, creating the procedural path to relist chicken exports to the bloc.
• Acceptance of protocols does not reopen trade immediately because the EU still requires mission reports, on-site verification and administrative relisting steps before shipments can resume.
• The beef sector faces a tougher test because the EU demands proof animals were not given antimicrobials from birth to slaughter, a roughly two-year production cycle that delays export eligibility.
• EU technical missions returned positive signals for honey and poultry chains, and Brazil is hosting foreign inspection teams that include planned checks of major exporters.
• The import suspension that began on September 3 followed the EU’s June removal of Brazil from its approved exporters list over missing antimicrobial-control data, and the outcome will affect other markets that follow EU standards.