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Montevideo, November 2nd 2024 - 16:32 UTC

Tag: Carlos Fávaro

  • Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 19:21 UTC

    Brazil halts sizeable rice purchase amid irregularities

    Agricultural Policy Secretary Neri Geller turned in his resignation given his son's ties with a grain trading company

    The Brazilian administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday canceled a tender whereby some 263,000 tons of rice were to be purchased abroad to make up for the crops lost in the flooded State of Rio Grande do Sul. The decision was made after signs of irregularities were detected in the bidding companies. Rio Grande do Sul accounts for 70% of Brazil's rice production.

  • Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

    Japan resumes poultry imports from Brazil

    A mission headed by Fávaro persuaded the Japanese health authorities

    Japan has honored the agreement it signed late last month with Brazilian authorities and resumed importing live poultry and meat, eggs, and poultry products after halting these purchases in June following the discovery of the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a domestic poultry farm in the municipality of Serra, in the Metropolitan Region of Vitória, the capital of the State of Espírito Santo, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Brazil declares bird flu emergency

    Agriculture and Livestock Minister Carlos Favaro signed the ordinance dated May 22

    Brazilian authorities have decreed a nationwide animal health emergency, it was published Tuesday in an extra issue of the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette), Agencia Brasil reported. Agriculture and Livestock Minister Carlos Favaro signed the ordinance dated May 22 which will be effective for the next 180 days.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    UK expected to reopen Brazilian poultry imports at the latest in June, minister Fávaro

    According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the continent is witnessing its biggest avian flu outbreak, with 37 nations affected and 2,540 cases in commercial poultry establishments

    With no new shipments since 2017, Brazilian poultry exports to the UK are set to be re-launched this year, announced Minister of Agriculture Carlos Fávaro at an agribusiness seminar in São Paulo last week.

  • Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 09:20 UTC

    Brazilian beef sales to China suspended due to case of mad cow

    “All measures are being taken immediately,” Minister Carlos Favaro stressed

    Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture announced Wednesday that even though it poses no threat to human consumers, beef exports to China are to be halted effective Thursday after a case of the mad-cow disease has been confirmed in the State of Pará, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:38 UTC

    Brazil ratifies in Germany its commitment to sustainable agriculture and respect for the environment

    Minister Carlos Fávaro attended a meeting at the Brazilian embassy in Berlin to discuss contributions that Germany and Brazil can make to changing food systems

    The Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, arrived iis in Berlin to participate in the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA). In his first official trip abroad as the head of the ministry, he intends to launch a concerted effort to change the image of Brazilian agribusiness and restore ties with important importers, mainly from Europe.