Brazil outbreak triggers poultry export bans

A TOTAL of 24 governments, including India, China, South Africa and the EU, announced a complete ban on poultry products from Brazil by the end of May, after the Latin American country confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza.

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Although Brazilthe world's largest chicken meat exporter-assured that the current outbreak was under control with only nine confirmed cases in farms as on June 5, it recorded a nearly 10 per cent drop in chicken meat exports in May, compared to A