# SAPA supports continued Brazilian poultry imports despite Newcastle disease outbreak

> The South African Poultry Association backed the Department of Agriculture's decision to keep importing poultry from Brazil despite a Newcastle disease outbreak in Santa Catarina, notified on October 20. Imports of fresh poultry meat, hatching eggs and day-old chicks may continue under existing veterinary certificates with disease-control conditions, such as six-month and 10km freedom requirements for meat.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-04T00:10:18.410Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/78564-sapa-supports-continued-brazilian-poultry-imports-despite-newcastle-disease
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Continued Brazilian poultry access keeps South African supply steady, limiting import-driven demand for chicken feed ingredients from that channel. Disease-related export exclusions for affected zones are a modest supply risk for Brazilian chicken exports.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- foodbusinessmea.com: https://www.foodbusinessmea.com/sapa-supports-continued-brazilian-poultry-imports-despite-newcastle-disease-outbreak/

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