Press Release: Avian Influenza: several preventive and control measures agreed by Standing Committee

EU Member States on 6 April 2006 backed a series of European Commission proposals to reinforce EU preventive and control measures with regard to avian influenza, at the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCFCAH). The Decisions related to the outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza on a German poultry farm, rules on preventive measures taken with regard to zoo birds and an extension of the import bans for Croatia, Romania and Turkey.

European Commission: DG Health and Consumer Protection: Food Safety: Animal Health and Welfare: Committees: Scientific Committees: Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCFCAH) http://ec.europa.eu/comm/food/committees/regulatory/scfcah/animal_health/index_en.htm

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