Factbox-Which countries restrict Brazilian chicken imports over bird flu?
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FILE PHOTO: A person wearing a hazmat suit stands next to burning egg cartons and other items in a hole in the ground at a poultry farm after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from
(Reuters) -An outbreak of bird flu in Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, prompted countries to implement trade restrictions in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus after the first case was confirmed on a commercial farm in May.
Brazil declared itself free of the virus in commercial flocks after 28 days without any new outbreaks on commercial farms, and dozens of importers have now reversed their bans.
The following is a list from Brazil's Agriculture Ministry of countries maintaining their bans as of August 25:
SUSPENSIONS TARGETING ALL POULTRY FROM BRAZIL
China, the European Union, Canada, Malaysia, East Timor, and Pakistan.
SUSPENSIONS TARGETING RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE
Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Ukraine.
SUSPENSIONS TARGETING SPECIFIC REGIONS
Japan, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname and Uzbekistan.
(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu, Isabel Teles, Roberto Samora, Luis Jaime Acosta, Andre Romani; Writing by Ana Mano; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Lisa Shumaker)
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