US EditionChile Suspends Argentine Poultry Imports Amid Bird Flu Concerns
- Chile's Agricultural and Livestock Service has suspended chicken imports from Argentina due to a detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a commercial poultry facility in Buenos Aires Province.
- Argentine authorities must suspend export certifications for various goods to Chile, including fresh poultry meat and shell eggs for human consumption.
- From July 2024 to August 2025, Argentine poultry meat represented 8% of Chile's total imports, while 30% of Chile's imported eggs came from Argentina.
- SAG has raised its alert status and intensified monitoring, urging poultry owners to report illness and implement biosecurity measures.
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einnews.comChile halts poultry imports from Argentina due to avian flu
Chile's Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) has ordered the temporary suspension of chicken imports from Argentina due to an outbreak of 'highly pathogenic avian influenza' (HPAI) at a commercial poultry facility in the neighboring country.
Chile Suspends Argentine Poultry Imports Amid Bird Flu Concerns
Chile temporarily halted poultry imports from Argentina after a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was discovered in Buenos Aires. Argentina confirmed the case on August 19 and paused exports. Monitoring is elevated, and exports may resume after 28 days without new outbreaks.
Chile suspends Argentina poultry imports amid bird flu outbreak
(Corrects to show the outbreak originated in the province of Buenos Aires, not the capital) SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile’s Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) said on Monday it has temporarily suspended poultry imports from Argentina following a bird flu outbreak in the province of Buenos Aires. In a statement, SAG said it was accepting exports dated through August 4. On August 20, China also suspended poultry imports from Argentina, five mont…
Juan Carlos Domínguez, president of ChileCarne, addressed in More than Numbers the temporary suspension of imports of chicken and eggs from Argentina by avian influenza, and assured that this should not affect the price of chicken in Chile. “The logic says that it should not go up, even go down a bit. More than by the closure of Argentina to the reopening of Brazil,” he said.
The measure, explained the Chilean agency, "is adopted in accordance with the established international protocols, with the objective of protecting the health status of Chile, free of avian influenza in poultry since August 2023." The SAG, as an emergency, requested the Argentine National Service of Agrofood Health and Quality (Senasa) to suspend the certification for export to Chile of fresh, chilled or frozen poultry meat, eggs with shell for …
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