Business: Poultry exports resumes after 14-year avian flu suspension in Egypt

Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 08:21 am

 Egypt is set to export fowl in the ultimate quarter of 2020 following the lifting of a suspension of over a decade due to the avian flu outbreak of 2006.

According to a record with the aid of English-language daily newspaper Arab News, a number of Egyptian rooster agencies are making ready to export their first shipments to the Saudi market in October.

Egypt’s agriculture ministry has said organizations that have proven no evidence of contamination with avian influenza viruses will be capable to resume exporting their products for the first time due to the fact that 2006.

According to reports, the agricultural ministry said that the resumption of hen exports after the suspension required the approval of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), which had to list Egypt amongst the nations with “avian influenza free establishments”.

According to the World Health Organisation, the H5N1 avian influenza virus is not without problems transmitted to humans, and is sensitive to heat.

The Arab News pronounced the UAE announcing it would enable the resumption of table egg imports from Egypt, as nicely as chilled and frozen poultry, after the us of a adopts a veterinary fitness certificate.

Additionally, Egypt has permitted forty two new Brazilian processors to export meat to its market, such as 15 beef slaughterhouses and 27 chicken plants, according to various sources.

(IOL)