Avian flu fears forces EU to ban Turkish bird imports

THE European Commission yesterday ordered a ban on all imports of birds and feathers from Turkey amid new fears over avian influenza.

Avian flu fears forces EU to ban Turkish bird imports

The ban should be in place by this evening, a Commission spokesman said, pending the results of tests which are underway at a Commission laboratory in Weybridge, Surrey.

A ban on imports of live birds and fresh poultry meat from Russia, Kazakhstan and large parts of Asia is already in place in a bid to protect the EU from the highly-contagious viral disease.

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