Brazil's BRF confident bird flu crisis will be over soon

BRF SA

05/06/2025 16:19

SAO PAULO, June 5 (Reuters) - Brazilian food processor BRF BRFS3.SA is confident companies will be able to resume chicken exports in a matter of days as authorities have so far been able to control a bird flu outbreak on a commercial chicken farm in southern Brazil.

Speaking at an industry event in Sao Paulo, the company's vice president for quality, Fabio Stumpf, was referring to regional and nationwide trade bans imposed on Brazil after confirmation of the outbreak in mid-May, which led several countries to suspend purchases.

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