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South African poultry body backs Brazil imports despite Newcastle outbreak

SAPA sees little risk to the local flock or to import volumes after Brazil reported Newcastle disease, as long as veterinary certification rules that keep infected zones out of trade are met.

Farmers Weekly South Africa · 2 min read
South African poultry body backs Brazil imports despite Newcastle outbreak
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The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) supports continued poultry imports from Brazil after an outbreak of Newcastle disease there, and does not expect import volumes or prices to change, provided Brazil meets the agreed veterinary certification rules, Farmer's Weekly reported.

Brazil notified South Africa of the outbreak on 20 October, according to a statement from the Department of Agriculture on 28 October. The department said existing health certificates let trade in fresh poultry meat, hatching eggs and day-old chicks continue during a Newcastle disease outbreak, under conditions. Fresh meat must come from premises with no cases in the previous six months and none within a 10 km radius, and abattoirs and cutting plants must lie outside an infected zone; hatching eggs and chicks must come from facilities outside an infected zone and free of the disease for 12 months.

Izaak Breitenbach, chief executive of SAPA's Broiler Organisation, called the threat low as long as the affected state, Santa Catarina, is kept from exporting to South Africa. "Only Santa Catarina is banned from exporting to South Africa, and I don't believe it will impact import volumes or prices," he said. The department's statement did not spell out a ban on the whole state, however; it set eligibility rules for supplying farms and plants.

South Africa imports about 18,000 tonnes of poultry meat a month from Brazil, Breitenbach said, though he could not say how much comes from Santa Catarina. Local producers import no hatching eggs or day-old chicks from Brazil, and the country has enough breeder hens to keep production normal. SAPA has not asked for extra safeguards.

Vaccination is the industry's main defence: "We vaccinate all broiler chickens and long-living birds against NCD," Breitenbach said. Avian influenza, not Newcastle disease, remains the association's chief worry, and the restrictions for it are stricter. The report was written by Hanlie du Plessis.

Photo: USDA / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Source: Farmers Weekly South Africa

Tags#South Africa#Brazil#Poultry#Poultry imports#Newcastle disease
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