International Egg and Poultry Review
By the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service - This is a weekly report looking at international developments concerning the poultry industry, this week looking at a Newcastle disease outreak in Brazil.Brazil
Brazil reported and outbreak of Newcastle disease on a farm in Rio
Grande do Sul at Vale de Real on May 2, 2006. The flock contained 44
susceptible birds with 17 cases including 16 deaths, 23 birds were
destroyed. The last occurrence of Newcastle in Brazil was in April,
2001. The state of Rio Grande do Sul has 17% of the poultry production
and 24% of Brazil’s first half 2006 poultry exports.
The outbreak comes as Brazil is already facing an approximate 6%
decline in poultry exports in the first half of 2006 when compared to
2005 due outbreaks of avian influenza in the European Union (EU)
and other parts of the world. However, the EU has guaranteed to
continue purchasing poultry from Brazil and could even increase
imports from Brazil due to reduced tariff lines as a result of the WTO
ruling against the EU in the “salted poultry” case brought by Brazil and
Thailand. Reports have been noted that the EU and Brazil are currently
negotiating an import quota to control the anticipated flow of poultry
meat imports.
Brazil is also starting to face pressure from within the EU in response
to a report (DG SANCO/7712/2005) released by the European Food
and Veterinary Office (FVO). The report describes the outcome of a
mission by FVO in Brazil from November 23 to December, 2005 that
focused on the implementation of corrective actions and guarantees
given by the Brazilian authorities in response to recommendations
made in the 2003 FVO mission report (DG SANCO/9047/2003). The
executive summary of the report states “...that most of the deficiencies
found in 2003 have still not been rectified and many of the promised
actions did not in fact happen.” As a result, some in the EU are
demanding the complete ban of meat and egg imports from Brazil.
Source: USDA/FAS and various other news sources.
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Source: USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service - 25th July 2006