First mission of Japanese inspectors confirmed to audit Brazilian slaughterhouses

The Brazilian government has announced that a delegation of Japanese inspectors will visit Brazilian cattle and pork slaughterhouses to facilitate the commencement of beef exports and increase pork exports to Japan. This decision follows the approval of a new International Health Certificate for Avian Influenza by the Japanese government, which has eased export restrictions. In 2024, Japan was the third-largest importer of chicken meat from Brazil. Currently, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro, are in discussions with Brazilian businessmen to open the Japanese market to the Brazilian meat sector.

The Brazilian government has confirmed, following a meeting with Japanese authorities, that a delegation of Japanese inspectors will visit Brazilian cattle and pork slaughterhouses with a view to beginning beef exports and increasing pork exports. On the other hand, the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) welcomed the announcement by Brazilian Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro, regarding the Japanese government's approval of a new International Health Certificate (IHC) for Avian Influenza. The IHC now determines that export restrictions due to disease detection will be limited to municipalities where the disease may be reported—until then, restrictions were at the state level. In 2023, exports were suspended in states that recorded outbreaks of avian influenza in backyard birds. "This achievement by the Ministry of Agriculture for Brazil is historic and streamlines measures for the trade of chicken meat from Brazil to Japan in potential health ...