CANADA POULTRY BAN
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has banned the import into the European Union (EU) of live poultry, poultry meat and products from Canada, following the conformed outbreak of bird flu in poultry at a British Columbia farm. As with the recent US outbreak, this virus strain differs from the Asian version, posing a smaller public health risk.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has banned the import into the European Union (EU) of live poultry, poultry meat and products from Canada, following the conformed outbreak of bird flu in poultry at a British Columbia farm. As with the recent US outbreak, this virus strain differs from the Asian version, posing a smaller public health risk.
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