Brazilian food processor BRF is confident local companies will be able to circumvent chicken trade bans in a matter of days as local authorities have so far been able to control a bird flu outbreak in the world's largest chicken-exporting nation.

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,