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Reuters
27-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Brazil confident it can seal regional trade deals with EU, US despite bird flu
PARIS, May 27 (Reuters) - Brazil is negotiating with the European Union and the United States to limit bird flu-related trade restrictions to affected regions, Brazil's veterinary officer said on Tuesday, expressing strong confidence in reaching agreements. Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a poultry farm earlier this month, triggering country-wide trade bans from several major importers while others implemented state-wide restrictions. Negotiations with the two blocs are taking place at the general session of the World Organisation for Animal Health in Paris. "We know this is not the perfect time to negotiate, but it will happen eventually, as major poultry producers like the U.S. and Brazil face the same challenges," Brazil's Chief Veterinary Officer Marcelo Mota told Reuters. He added he was "very confident" that agreements would be reached.
Reuters
20-05-2025
- Health
- Reuters
UK says single case of atypical BSE confirmed on farm
LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Britain said a single case of atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) had been confirmed on a farm in England and the animal had been humanely culled, adding that there was no food safety risk. "This is proof that our surveillance system for detecting and containing this type of disease is working," said Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss in a statement from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Atypical BSE is a naturally occurring, non-contagious disease in cattle which occurs spontaneously. It is distinct from classical BSE which is linked to contaminated feed, the government added.
