NETHERLANDS CHICKEN FLU
September 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is paying an advance of Euro 10 million to the Netherlands government, to compensate poultry producers for losses from this year's avian influenza epidemic. Brussels will meet half the costs, which cover slaughtering chickens, destroying eggs and carcasses, disposing of contaminated feed and equipment, plus disinfecting poultry holdings.
THE EUROPEAN Commission is paying an advance of Euro 10 million to the Netherlands government, to compensate poultry producers for losses from this year's avian influenza epidemic. Brussels will meet half the costs, which cover slaughtering chickens, destroying eggs and carcasses, disposing of contaminated feed and equipment, plus disinfecting poultry holdings.
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