Brazil on Friday confirmed its first case of the highly contagious bird flu virus on a commercial chicken farm in the south of the nation, triggering a temporary trade ban from its main trade partner China.

China and the European Union have suspended imports of chicken meat from Brazil, the world's biggest exporter of the commodity, after an outbreak of bird flu on a farm in the South American country, officials said Friday.

China has suspended imports of chicken meat from Brazil, its main provider of the commodity, after an outbreak of bird flu on a farm there, the South American country's agriculture minister said Friday.