Friday, December 04, 2015
Eight countries have suspended imports of poultry from France, after detection of the H5N1 virus
Eight countries, including Japan, Morocco suspended poultry imports from France after he detected the deadly H5N1 virus (bird flu) in the southwestern part of the country, home to poultry producers and foie gras, the Agriculture Ministry said yesterday. The highly contagious virus has killed 22 of the 32 chickens on a family farm in the area Perigkor, said the authorities on 25 November. It is the first outbreak in eight years to break out in France, the largest agricultural producer in the European Union.
Several cases have been found in the last two weeks in other farms in the Dordogne region, for the first time since 2007.
An official at the ministry said that South Korea, China, Thailand, Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia also suspended imports. He did not give further details. The disease breaks out in a very important period for exports, especially for the French foie gras, which last year brought sales of about 2 billion. Euros in the wholesale market. Japan is the largest importer of foie gras from France.
Eight countries have suspended imports of poultry from France, after detection of the H5N1 virus
Eight countries, including Japan, Morocco suspended poultry imports from France after he detected the deadly H5N1 virus (bird flu) in the southwestern part of the country, home to poultry producers and foie gras, the Agriculture Ministry said yesterday. The highly contagious virus has killed 22 of the 32 chickens on a family farm in the area Perigkor, said the authorities on 25 November. It is the first outbreak in eight years to break out in France, the largest agricultural producer in the European Union.
Several cases have been found in the last two weeks in other farms in the Dordogne region, for the first time since 2007.
An official at the ministry said that South Korea, China, Thailand, Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia also suspended imports. He did not give further details. The disease breaks out in a very important period for exports, especially for the French foie gras, which last year brought sales of about 2 billion. Euros in the wholesale market. Japan is the largest importer of foie gras from France.
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