The Federal Court of First Instance no. 2 of Corrientes ordered the execution of a third avian influenza sample at the Santa Ana poultry farm at the request of the National Service of Health and Agri-Food Quality (Senasa).
“Order that the third extraction of swab samples from the birds of the Santa Ana SA poultry establishment be carried out by Senasa in accordance with the scientific standards that the national State in the field of its competence establishes regarding the number of samples, dated 109/04/2023 at 07:00and must be carried out with the due scientific and technical guarantees that diligence requires”, reads the resolution.
Furthermore, he established maintain the establishment ban ordered by Senasa “For reasons of prevention and protection of public health, until 12:00 on 20/04/2023, the deadline within which the ban on establishment expires”.
How the conflict started
The Santa Ana poultry farm first denounced the test carried out by Senasa, which according to the organization was positive, forcing the company to slaughter the 200,000 hens it has in production.
Therefore, the company appeared in court, to ask “that the relative withdrawals be made and thus stop the decision taken in such an arbitrary and disastrous way”.
In response to this request, the National Judiciary, through the Federal Court of First Instance of Corrientes, accepted the appeal presented by the poultry company and set a deadline of 24 hours from the ruling for Senasa to present the evidence in support of the “sanitary rifle” provision.
Thus, as reported by Senasa herself this Friday, the second sample taken from the birds of the farm, ordered by order of the Federal Justice, tested negative for bird flu.
And now Senasa has been authorized by the Federal Judge who intervened a take a third sample in the birds of the Santa Ana farm to determine their epidemiological situation relating to avian influenza (AI) through the development of both molecular (RT-PCR) and serological techniques.
Beyond this particular situation, from Senasa they indicated to continue with the supervisory actions, in coordination with the provinces and municipalities. To date, in the commercial sector, Of the 5,500 farms distributed throughout the national territory, 10 are those that have had positive findings.
Eggs in the trash
The Corrientes Santa Ana poultry farm threw in the trash this Saturday about 360,000 eggs worth $7 million
“They force us to make another sample. And they maintain the ban on the establishment,” Daniel Encizo, general manager of Avícola Santa Ana, told Clarín after Senasa’s call to justice for a third sample.
In turn, the company assures that Senasa has forbidden the shift of production before the request to be able to donate them “Eggs do not pose any danger to public health, even infected birds,” he said.
“Let Senasa ensure the transfer and that they are donated to soup kitchens, places for the elderly. There are many alternatives to witness such an aberration of throwing food into a ditch,” Encizo added.
Source: Clarin
