Brazilian Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro on Friday welcomed the opportunity to debate vaccination of poultry against bird flu following the country's first confirmed outbreak on a commercial chicken breeding farm last month.

BRF, Brazil's leading food processor, remains optimistic about overcoming recent chicken trade bans following a controlled bird flu outbreak. Vice President Fabio Stumpf praises strict biosecurity measures and efficient governance for containing the highly pathogenic avian flu,

Brazil's Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro said on Wednesday there were strong indications that the world's biggest chicken exporter had efficiently contained a bird flu outbreak which was reported on a commercial chicken farm in mid-May,