Source: FARM POLICY NEWS, UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, 8/17/20


After the Chinese government reported that frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil tested positive for Covid-19 last Thursday, other countries have imposed restrictions on purchases from Brazil. First, the Philippines announced the temporary suspension of chicken meat imports from Brazil. And earlier this week, the Hong Kong government decided to suspend chicken imports from the Brazilian meatpacker responsible for the supposedly contaminated product. Allegedly, the contaminated Brazilian chicken came from the Aurora meatpacking plant in the city of Xaxim, located in the Santa Catarina state of southern Brazil. According to Chinese authorities, people who had contact with the contaminated products were examined, and tested negative for the disease. In addition to Brazilian chicken, China also registered Covid-19 in samples of frozen shrimp packaging from Ecuador.

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