Turkey bird imports ban in force from tonight: EC

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

Mon, 10 Oct, 2005 - 13:21

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

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

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