TUNISIAN HALAL POULTRY SECTOR SAVED FROM BIRD FLU BY CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS
February 24th, 2022
The Tunisian halal poultry sector has claimed its good practice has been preventing livestock from becoming infected with bird flu, that can infect human consumers. Tunisia’s vulnerability to the disease is particularly intense because the country lies on the key wild bird migration routes between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. This fact and a resurgence of bird flu last year in neighbouring Algeria caused the Tunisian ministry of agriculture, water resources and fisheries to issue a warning to Tunisian poultry producers in November as the autumn wild bird ...
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