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.

Minister Fávaro reiterated that Brazil will maintain the state of emergency, expanding the investigation and providing full transparency so that any cases involving wild, domestic, or farm animals can be examined at the slightest sign of risks.

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,