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EU takes further import measures over Avian flu

09/01/2006

The European Commission will adopt a decision to ban untreated feathers from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Syria, Iran and Iraq, due to the proximity of these countries to Eastern Turkey where there is currently an outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in poultry. The complete ban on any imports of live birds and poultry products from Turkey, which was adopted in early October 2005, remains in place.

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