O Uruguai suspendeu temporariamente a entrada de carne de aves e outros produtos avícolas provenientes de todo o Brasil após a confirmação de um foco da doença de Newcastle em uma granja comercial de perus em Santa Catarina. A medida foi comunicada nesta segunda-feira (26) pelo Mapa (Ministério da Agricultura) a exportadores brasileiros.

A determinação vale para todos os animais suscetíveis à doença, além de produtos e subprodutos elaborados após 6 de setembro.

A informação consta em minuta de ofício do Ministério, atualizada em 27 de outubro, que reúne as restrições sanitárias impostas por parceiros comerciais do Brasil. A CNN Agro também confirmou a medida com representantes da indústria.

O Uruguai se soma ao México, que já havia anunciado a suspensão da importação de determinados produtos avícolas de todo o território brasileiro.

A restrição mexicana abrange carne de aves, miúdos, ovos férteis, pintinhos de até três dias, aves ornamentais e outras categorias, além de matérias-primas avícolas destinadas à fabricação de alimentos para animais de companhia.

Já o Uruguai prevê exceções para produtos submetidos a tratamentos capazes de inativar o vírus, desde que atendidas as exigências sanitárias e de certificação.

O caso da doença de Newcastle foi confirmado em 18 de outubro pelo Ministério da Agricultura, em uma granja comercial de perus localizada em Nova Itaberaba, no oeste de Santa Catarina. A propriedade abrigava aproximadamente 6 mil aves.

Outros países suspendem exportações

Além de Uruguai e México, outros parceiros comerciais impuseram restrições após a confirmação do foco em Santa Catarina. As medidas, porém, não têm o mesmo alcance.

Suspensão nacional

– México: suspendeu a entrada de determinadas categorias de aves vivas e produtos avícolas de todo o Brasil.
– Uruguai: suspendeu temporariamente o ingresso e o trânsito de animais suscetíveis à doença e de produtos e subprodutos brasileiros elaborados após 6 de setembro.

Restrições regionalizadas
Concentradas em Santa Catarina ou em áreas específicas

– Chile: restringiu a entrada de produtos como carne fresca de aves, ovos férteis, pintinhos de um dia e ovos destinados ao consumo humano provenientes de Santa Catarina. A data de referência estabelecida para as categorias abrangidas é 31 de agosto.

– China: suspendeu a aceitação de declarações de importação de carne e produtos cárneos de aves de Santa Catarina para embarques a partir de 20 de outubro.

– Paraguai: proibiu temporariamente a importação de aves vivas, ovos, produtos avícolas e material genético provenientes de Santa Catarina, com exceções para produtos submetidos a tratamentos específicos e autorizados pela autoridade sanitária.

– Peru: desabilitou estabelecimentos catarinenses para exportação de carnes e miúdos comestíveis de aves e determinados materiais genéticos avícolas.

– Turquia: proibiu a importação e o trânsito de diversas categorias de produtos de origem animal, com restrições aplicáveis a Santa Catarina e exceções para produtos submetidos a tratamentos específicos.

– Cazaquistão: tem restrições para carne, matérias-primas de carne e miúdos de aves provenientes de Santa Catarina.

– Malásia: há exigências sanitárias que afetam categorias de produtos avícolas, incluindo ovo em pó de Santa Catarina. Para carne de aves, o reconhecimento da regionalização ainda estava em avaliação no documento do MAPA.

– Argentina: aplica o acordo de regionalização e restringe produtos avícolas provenientes do foco e da área de 10 quilômetros ao redor, mantendo autorizadas as importações das demais zonas livres.

 De Brasília, Cristiane Noberto*

“I do unashamedly want to write page-turners,” Jon Ronson told The New Yorker in an interview. “I can never understand why most nonfiction books have such limited creative ambitions.” Ronson, who is “not a thrill-seeker,” then recounts fearing for his life while being pursued by members of a secretive political gathering—a chase that found its way into Them: Adventures with Extremists, his 2001 breakthrough book. Thrills have a way of finding Ronson, either through active pursuit or some subtler means of revelation. The Men Who Stare At Goats begins with a US Army general who attempts to walk through walls, repeatedly smacking into them. In the opening of The Psychopath Test, a neurologist hands Ronson a baffling package, copies of which have been anonymously mailed to academics throughout the world. The pages turn themselves.

Ronson’s latest, The Castle, earned a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly, which praised the book as “a blockbuster portrait of men gone mad” and Ronson’s style as “intuitive but rigorous.” His podcast, Things Fell Apart, was recently renewed for a third season, in which Ronson will shift focus from American culture wars to individual battles against institutions. He once told The Guardian, “I get called faux-naïf all the time. But I honestly think I am just genuinely naive.” It’s an observation that reminds me of Joan Didion’s own famous self-assessment: that she was “so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive . . . that people tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests.” Ronson is warmer than that, but his access is no less astonishing. Time and again, someone allows him to get very close—closer, perhaps, than they might be aware of. Each of Ronson’s books is a testament to his depth of inquiry, his proximity to the surprising, and his conviction that a good narrative should be propulsive.

—Brendan Fitzgerald

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Where did you grow up?

Cardiff, Wales. In a suburb called Lisvane.

What places feel like home?

London, for sure. As a child, when we’d visit my grandparents, I’d sneak away and jump on a bus and just get lost in the City. Even when it wasn’t home, it felt like home. Eventually I lived there for decades, loving especially Soho and Islington. I also love our tiny town in the Hudson Valley. We’ve lived here since 2019.

Other than family members, who or what has shaped you the most?

As a teenager, watching Nick Broomfield documentaries and reading the great nonfiction adventurers from the ’60s and ’70s like Hunter S. Thompson and PJ O’Rourke and the writers featured in Tom Wolfe’s The New Journalism. And when I started in journalism, the editors who first gave me a break: Ian Parker, Chris Heath, Deborah Orr, Ian Katz.

What is your favorite time of day?

Early morning. I make a coffee and for the first few hours my brain is at its best and I can write a lot.

What are you really good at?

Narrative nonfiction. If I go off on some journey, I know exactly how to make it work. It’s the only thing I’m good at.

What’s the best gift you’ve ever received?

Recently the BBC gave me a subscription to Descript, a text-based audio editing program. It’s a dream gift for a detail-oriented storyteller. I can finally do the audio editing myself. I sit there for hours.

Describe your favorite meal.

I guess some kind of salad with lots of fruit and vegetables and a good dressing. You can’t beat Greek dressing.

Sound or silence? (And if sound, what sound?)

Silence! I can’t believe how great the silence is here in the Hudson Valley. There’s something very comforting about knowing it won’t end. They’ll never turn this country lane into a big road.

Where do you do your best thinking?

When I’m out on a story, in some strange place, gathering material. I just instinctively know what’ll work, what the best moments are. Fiction people can do that in their imaginations. I can’t. But when I’m out on a story, I just know.

What journey—physical, creative, intellectual, or otherwise—has meant the most to you?

The journey of leaving Cardiff and moving to London when I was 18. I felt like finally my life could begin.

Where do you like to read?

I listen to audiobooks when I’m out walking.

What’s the last rabbit hole you disappeared into?

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). I went to the cage match on the White House South Lawn for GQ, because it was theme-adjacent to my new book The Castle. So I watched all manner of fighter interviews and UFC super-fan videos for that.

Name three publications you enjoy reading these days.

The New Yorker, The Guardian, The New York Times.

What’s one longread that you can’t stop thinking about?

“Andrew Tate’s Empire Of Abuse” was the last one I listened to from beginning to end.

What was the last book you read?

Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson. I listen to it over and over to get to sleep. So I still don’t know how he dies.

What piece of nonfiction are you most proud of writing?

Every book I’ve written has chapters I’m equally proud of: sneaking into Bohemian Grove with Alex Jones and getting chased by the Bilderberg Group in Them, the goat staring in The Men Who Stare At Goats, pretty much all of The Psychopath Test, much of Lost at Sea, Justine Sacco in So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed. The Castle feels really good. I felt very confident writing it, mixing up tones and styles in a way I don’t think I could have managed before.

What’s your most reliable way to get creatively unstuck?

Just wandering around Reddit can be good. The whole world is somewhere on Reddit. And if you don’t find your next story, it might still unlock some part of your brain.

Who’s a writer you turn to when you need some inspiration?

Kurt Vonnegut, for his brevity and his clashes between comedy and horror.

What words do you overuse?

It used to be “There was a silence” but I’ve cured myself of that, thank God.

What’s your favorite guilty pleasure?

I don’t know if this counts, but every book I read for pleasure is a celebrity memoir, mostly musicians and actors. Cher. Anthony Hopkins. Bruce Springsteen. I LOVED the English actor Kathy Burke’s one, A Mind Of My Own. Right now it’s Johnny Marr.

What superpower would you like to have? 

I think I’d like to be able to shoot fire out of my hands. No. Teleportation through space and time.

What animal or nonhuman being do you most identify with?

I really identified with my dog, Floppy—how he wanted to be around people but didn’t want to interact with them.

If you have a free solitary hour in your day, what do you typically do?

Run or walk.

What five items would you place in a time capsule?

Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense. The Pitt. Succession. All of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, especially Doechii, Sierra Ferrell, and Chappell Roan. Bruce Springsteen’s 1979 No Nukes concert video. Huh, it’s almost all music. I guess that’s the stuff we should remember. People being their best.

What does your writing space look like?

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Jon Ronson’s nonfiction books include So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, The Psychopath Test, Them: Adventures with Extremists, Lost at Sea, and The Men Who Stare At Goats. They have all been international and/or New York Times bestsellers and have been translated into more than 30 languages. His latest book, The Castle, is now available.

This summer, Leeds Castle in Kent is inviting families to discover the stories of some of history's most inspiring women with the launch of its brand-new Little People, BIG DREAMS – Inspiring Women Trail.

Running throughout the UK school holidays this unique outdoor experience, which runs until the end of August, has been created in partnership with the globally celebrated children's book series and is included with general admission.

The interactive trail features 12 activity stations celebrating extraordinary women from across history, including Taylor Swift, Mary Earps, Marie Curie, Simone Biles, and Emmeline Pankhurst. Children can test their football skills in a penalty shootout, explore hands-on science experiments, make music and create their own rallying chants, bringing the stories of these trailblazing women to life through fun and imaginative activities.

Leeds Castle has been shaped by remarkable women for more than 900 years, from medieval queens to Lady Baillie, making it the perfect setting for a trail celebrating courage, creativity and ambition. Designed to inspire the next generation of dreamers, the Little People, BIG DREAMS trail offers families an unforgettable summer day out where history, storytelling and adventure collide.

Families can make the most of their visit to Leeds Castle with the Castle’s Kids Stay Free* offer, allowing families to delight in the magical atmosphere of the castle and grounds long after the last day guests have gone home.

Leeds Castle’s Kids Stay Free offer is available during the summer holidays for stays in the historic Maiden’s Tower or the charming Stable Courtyard accommodation. Set within 550 acres of stunning Kentish countryside, Leeds Castle’s on-site accommodation combines modern conveniences with characterful touches that all the family will enjoy.

Maiden's Tower at Leeds Castle offers a memorable stay in a five-star 16^th century property located adjacent to the Castle. With beautifully designed bedrooms, en-suite bathrooms and stunning views, it's a peaceful retreat for all ages. Rumour has it, the Maiden’s Tower was once used by Katherine of Aragon’s Maid of Honours during her wedding to King Henry VIII.

The Stable Courtyard accommodation has individually designed en-suite bedrooms, providing a cosy retreat within the castle grounds. Guests staying overnight can wake up to a full English or continental breakfast served in the historic Castle View Restaurant, where panoramic views of the castle provide a memorable start to the day.

During their visit, guests can also explore the famous Maze and underground Grotto, tackle the Knight's Stronghold playground, enjoy Birds of Prey displays, and discover the estate's gardens and grounds. Alternatively, guests can enjoy a picnic overlooking the castle, relax in the beach area, jump on board Elsie the Castle Train or the Black Swan Ferry, orexperience the UK's first historical AI avatar with the new Pilgrimage of Love: Eleanor of Castile exhibition.

Leeds Castle is considered a national treasure, providing a window onto over nine hundred years of British history. It is a haven of tranquillity and offers a wealth of discovery and enjoyment for all ages.

Situated five miles southeast of Maidstone in Kent, Leeds Castle’s rich and riveting history, including serving six of England’s medieval queens, to its elaborate transformation into a glamorous 1930s country house retreat for the influential and famous by Anglo-American heiress, Lady Olive Baillie, secures its place as one of the most visited historic attractions in Britain.

The Castle and its estate is preserved and maintained by the Leeds Castle Foundation, a not-for-profit charity.