{"id":292522,"date":"2021-05-07T17:27:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T20:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=292522"},"modified":"2021-05-11T20:09:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T23:09:08","slug":"brazil-11-poultry-plants-no-longer-allowed-to-sell-to-ksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-11-poultry-plants-no-longer-allowed-to-sell-to-ksa\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil: 11 poultry plants no longer allowed to sell to KSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Saudi Arabia suspended earlier this week the poultry imports from 11 Brazilian processing plants. The decision was published in a list on the website of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), containing the plants permitted to export to the Arab country.<\/p>\n<p>Imports from seven JBS plants and its subsidiary Seara will be suspended. The other plants are owned by Vibra Agroindustrial S\/A and Agroaraca Industria De Alimentos Ltda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) secretary-general Tamer Mansour said the plants represent 50% of the previous list and account for 65% of the halal poultry shipped from Brazil to the Saudis. Saudi Arabia is the second largest foreign market of poultry from Brazil, taking in around 12% of the product\u2019s exports.<\/p>\n<p>The ABCC said in a statement it waits for the technical note of the Saudi Authority. \u201cAs soon as we learn of the document, the ABCC will take appropriate measures together with the competent bodies of the Brazilian and Saudi government, sectorial entities and companies wishing to collaborate in talks reestablish the supply of halal poultry from Brazil to the largest economy of the League of Arab States,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, May 6, Brazil&#8217;s agriculture and foreign ministries released a joint statement regarding the topic. \u201cBrazil reiterates the high standards of quality and health followed by our entire chain of products animal origin, ensured by rigorous inspections by the official veterinary service,\u201d the statement said. The government added it has initiated talks with Saudi Arabia\u2019s authorities and the country&#8217;s embassy in Bras\u00edlia regarding the bans.<\/p>\n<p>JBS told ANBA it sought out SFDA \u201cto talk and understand the motivations for the ban on poultry exports to the country.\u201d The company added the production previously bound to Saudi Arabia has been redirected to other markets.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has for some time tried to boost domestic poultry production, and in fact BRF SA, Brazil&#8217;s biggest chicken processor, has announced investments in the Arab country. In 2020, BRF concluded the purchase of 100% of Joody Al Sharqiya Food Production Factory, a food processing plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. It\u2019s also building a plant in the Arab country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-292517\">Rodrigo Fonseca\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The output in banned Brazilian plants accounts for 65% of the halal poultry exports from the country to Saudi Arabia. The Arab Brazilian Chamber reported it\u2019ll collaborate in talks to reestablish the supply to the largest economy of the League of Arab States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2324,"featured_media":292517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[11910,10091,4641,9561,9549,14619,28763,9557,9595,14688,28779],"class_list":{"0":"post-292522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-arabia-saudita-en","9":"tag-brf-en","10":"tag-exportacao-en","11":"tag-exports-en","12":"tag-frango-en","13":"tag-jbs","14":"tag-jbs-2-en","15":"tag-poultry-en","16":"tag-saudi-arabia-en","17":"tag-seara-en","18":"tag-seara-en-2"},"wps_subtitle":"The output in banned Brazilian plants accounts for 65% of the halal poultry exports from the country to Saudi Arabia. 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