Wed 11/June/2025 – 10:26 am
The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday that Mexico has eased a ban on chicken shipments from Brazil, so the restrictions are now limited to products coming from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande de Sol, instead of a previous ban on the country, according to Reuters.
Mexico relieves poultry ban
While the ministry said in a statement that Mauritania announced a comprehensive ban on the import of Brazilian chicken, while the Sultanate of Oman suspended the import of chicken coming from Rio Grande de Sol.
Last month, Brazil announced the discovery of an injury to bird flu on a commercial farm in Rio Grande de Sol, which led to dozens of countries imposing commercial restrictions.
The spread of bird flu
Earlier, the World Animal Health Organization said that Latvia reported the first case of the highly infected bird influenza virus (H5N1) between poultry, according to Reuters.
The World Poultry Organization confirmed that the outbreak of the disease occurred in a herd of 190 poultry birds in the backyard of Birzegalis.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has canceled a $ 700 million -dollar contract to our Moder, our Modern Flu.
The American drug company of America also canceled its concessions to develop the bird flu vaccine in its last stages, in addition to the right to buy doses, according to Reuters.
In January, our Moderna Company received $ 590 million from the Biden administration to enhance the development of bird flu vaccine, and to support the expansion of clinical studies of up to five additional sub -types of influenza.
