June 29, 2010

Brazil to issue new salmonella rules for poultry producers

The Brazilian government has started the draft of new rules on salmonella and mycoplasma for the country's poultry sector.

Once published, the new rules will bring together and update Normative Ruling 44 of 2001, and Normative Ruling 76 of 2003.

The coordinator for poultry health in Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Regina D'Arce, says: "The health certification procedures for farms, commercial plants and breeding establishments are very similar, and it is for this reason they are being brought together in a single text."

She continued that the new procedures were drawn up by experts from the veterinary service with the help of producers. New diagnostic techniques along with updated procedures for certifying both broiler and layer farms will be included in the rules.