Chile to resume poultry purchases from Rio Grande do Sul after 12 years of embargo

published: Oct 18, 2018 03:16 PM, last modified: Nov 07, 2018 03:18 PM

The Chilean government had suspended purchases from the state's breeders in 2006 after an outbreak of Newcastle Disease

Chile to resume poultry purchases from Rio Grande do Sul after 12 years of embargo

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Rio Grande do Sul and Chile are about to resume poultry trade after 12 years of embargo. According to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA), the Chilean government has recognised the state as free of Newcastle Disease and will once again start buying the Brazilian product.

The news was announced by the Chilean government to Agriculture Ministry representatives during a meeting between the two countries last Wednesday (17 October) as part of a mission to Chile. "The Chilean health service will submit their documentation formalising the decision to Brazil by the end of the month," said Guilherme Marques, director of the Department of Animal Health Inspection at MAPA.

In 2006, Chile suspended purchases of poultry from Rio Grande do Sul farmers after a report of Newcastle Disease in the municipality of Vale Real, in the Caí Valley. Also known as an avian pseudo-plague, this viral disease is highly contagious to birds.