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one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of poultry, confirmed Friday the country’s firstoutbreak on a commercial farm.

The virus was found at a facility in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the country’s agriculture ministry said in a statement. It said a contingency plan has been implemented “not only to eliminate the disease but also to maintain the sector’s productive capacity, ensuring supply and, consequently, food security for the population.”The ministry said it has notified the World Organization for Animal Health, the Ministries of Health and the Environment and Brazil’s trade partners.The agency said in a statement later Friday that China and the European Union have halted poultry imports from Brazil, following trade agreements.

Restriction on poultry exports follows rules agreed on with each importing country, based on international health certificate requirements, the Agriculture and Livestock ministry added. Depending on the type of the disease, some deals apply to the whole country while others involve limits on where products can come from — for example, a specific state, city or just the area of the outbreak.“Countries like Japan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the Philippines have already accepted this regional approach,” the ministry said.

Brazil is one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of poultry, accounting for 14% of global chicken meat production, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

following the bird flu outbreak boosted Brazilian egg exports to the U.S., rising by more than 1,000% between January and April 2025 compared to the same period the previous year, according to trade data from the Brazilian government.“I know people were saying, ‘Free Pops’ and Pops is free, but he was not in jail,” the younger Haliburton said after Indiana took a 3-1 lead. “He has a very beautiful home, very pretty to watch basketball. So he was just fine. I just wanted to win.”

There’s no word yet on whether the father will attend Game 5 in New York when Indiana could clinch its second trip to the NBA Finals.But all kidding aside, it’s been an odd season — and postseason — for the younger Haliburton.

He started slowly, even telling reporters at one point he needed to find a way to have fun again. By March, Haliburton and the Pacers were rolling.Then a publication dubbed the two-time All-Star as the NBA’s most overrated player based on an anonymous survey of the league’s players. All Haliburton has done since then is make two last-second game-winners, a buzzer-beater to force overtime and history on Tuesday night.