Bird flu: Chicken exports reopened to Saudi Arabia, possible human outbreak investigated

written in The country’s he September 11, 2023 · 11:14 am

The Saudi market is of huge economic significance and will reach $60 million in 2022. This reopening is not the first, as the EU, Brazil, Hong Kong, Paraguay and Bolivia have already enabled trade.

In this regard, Agriculture Minister Juan José Bahillo explained that the Saudi Food and Drug Administration informed Senasa that it would lift restrictions on enterprises in Buenos Aires Province as of August 31. ban.

Senasa President Diana Guillén commented: “We are making progress in terms of health and promoting exports, how we are working towards these new business reopenings that we have added for poultry products.”

The authorization comes after Senasa said there was no risk to fresh meat and poultry products imported from Argentina. “In 2022, our export volume of Senasa-certified poultry meat and its products to Saudi Arabia reached 33,384 tons, worth more than $60 million,” the ministry reported.

At the same time, the ministry stressed that dialogue with countries that have not yet lifted their suspensions continues.

On the other hand, a soldier from the team carrying out the sea lion handling protocol at Batrice Beach was placed in precautionary isolation in a room at the Naval Hospital in Porto Belgrano. Although his symptoms did not match those observed in mammals with the disease, doctors decided to place him in precautionary isolation to analyze his condition. Results are awaited.