Countries, including China, will not accept chicken consignments in transit from Brazil following confirmation of the country's first bird flu outbreak, Brazilian meat lobby ABPA, which represents large food processors,

Brazil's government has asked China to restrict its embargo on chicken imports to products just from the city of Montenegro, where the South American country last week registered an outbreak of bird flu on a commercial farm, Reuters reported, citing a report from newspaper Folha de S.Paulo on Tuesday.

Brazil is still analyzing a new suspected case of bird flu on a commercial poultry farm, raising concerns the deadly virus may be spreading in the world’s largest chicken exporter.