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South American avian flu response and poultry market
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In early May 2026 Argentina’s National Service of Agri‑Food Health (Senasa) secured a formal declaration of freedom from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) from the World Organisation for Animal Health. The autodeclaration enabled Chile and Peru to lift bans on Argentine poultry meat, restoring a key export channel. By early July the country reaffirmed its HPAI‑free status, extending the 180‑day emergency decree, maintaining strict zoning, compartmentalisation and routine farm inspections, and keeping trade open with more than 75 markets. Brazil, meanwhile, confirmed its first 2026 HPAI case in a rescued wild bird and intensified surveillance around a local zoo and nearby farms. Border controls were highlighted when Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture seized 320 embryonic chicken eggs at Rio de Janeiro’s airport, citing the risk of introducing avian‑influenza pathogens. Subsequent In August 2026, new isolated detections of HPAI cases were confirmed in wild birds birds. In Chile, the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) reported an H5 HPAI case in a bird in Iquique, Tarapacá; officials maintained that the region remains free of poultry outbreaks. In Brazil, the São Paulo (Brazil) State Secretariat of Agriculture and Iquique (Chile) prompted continued monitoring but were deemed low Supply (SAA) confirmed a second case this year involving a whistling duck found in Ibirapuera Park. Authorities stated there are no commercial poultry establishments within 10 kilometers of the site and that the detection poses no risk to poultry meat and egg exports or public health. the country's sanitary status with the World Organisation for Animal Health. Parallel market pressures emerged in Uruguay, where smuggled chicken products entered the formal sector, undermining price stability and consumer safety, and in Bolivia, where a regional egg surplus and road blockades forced producers to launch direct‑sale campaigns using air transport. Authorities in both countries called for stronger customs enforcement and logistical solutions to safeguard the regional poultry market.
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- 2026-08-09 02:32 UTC South American avian flu response and poultry market
- 2026-08-07 23:24 UTC South American avian flu response and poultry market
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