UPDATE 1-Brazil’s BRF says China blocked Dourados chicken exports

(Adds details from the statement) SAO PAULO, July 29 (Reuters) – Brazilian meat processor BRF SA said on Wednesday that Chinese customs authority GACC had suspended chicken exports from its Dourados plant, in Mato Grosso do Sul, over COVID-19 concerns. BRF, which is Brazil’s biggest chicken exporter, said in a statement it was not formally notified of the suspension, but learned of it via a publication on the GACC’s website. The company said it was working with Brazilian and Chinese authorities to reverse the measure. BRF and meatpackers including Marfrig and JBS SA , which say the novel coronavirus cannot…