Japan Halts Some Brazil Chicken Imports after Bird Flu Outbreak
Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan has temporarily stopped importing chicken meat and eggs from the city of Monte Negro, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, following the confirmation of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the city. Japan's imports of live chickens from the whole Rio Grande do Sul state have also been suspended, the Japanese Ministry of Agric...
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Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan has temporarily stopped importing chicken meat and eggs from the city of Monte Negro, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, following the confirmation of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the city. Japan's imports of live chickens from the whole Rio Grande do Sul state have also been suspended, the Japanese Ministry of Agric...
