BIRD FLUE ROUND UP
January 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL and MARK ROWETHE STANDING Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health of the European Union (EU) has extended until August 15 the suspension of EU imports of fresh chicken meat and chicken products from Thailand because of the bird flu outbreak. The committee similarly extended bans on the import of pet birds from Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Pakistan, China, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.In Asia, the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has called for a hastening of the mass slaughter of chickens in affected areas, advising ...
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