POULTRY IMPORT BAN AMID AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN DENMARK
November 1st, 2016
SINGAPORE, Japan and South Korea have stopped poultry imports from Denmark after an Avian Influenza virus (H5N8) outbreak affected the country’s entire poultry sector. This is the first outbreak of the virus in Denmark since 2006, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, (Fødevarestyrelsen - FVST) told GlobalMeatNews.
The majority of infected birds have been in south-eastern Denmark, near the Baltic Sea coast, with cases less prevalent in western Denmark, FVST deputy head, animal health division Stig Mellergaard said, who admitted that “the virus has ...
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