Livestock & Meat

摘要

Asian poultry ban: The ban on imports of poultry from eight Far East Asian countries which was due to expire on August 15 has been extended. The ban is now to last until the end of the year. The ban was imposed on January 23 following the outbreaks ofAvian Influenza in the region, Seepage 4. Dramatic drop in British BSE numbers: Britain appears to be winning its battle with BSE according to figures released by the European Commission, In the first half of this year, 152 cases of BSE were reported incomparison to 614 for the whole of last year However, Britain still has the highest incidence of BSE in Europe, See page / 5. Canadian AI compensation: The Canadian federal government has announced that it will compensate British Columbian farmers to the tune of C 60 million dollar for chickens slaughtered during the Avian Influenza outbreak. The cull of approximately 17 million birds in an attempt to eradicate the disease devastated the broiler industry, See page 24. Japan re-opens borders: japan haslifted bans on both US and Dutch poultry, japan is resuming imports from all areas of the US except Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, New jersey, Maryland and Texas Japan says it can not be sure that these areas are completely Al-free.. Having completing the necessary quarantine period, Japan has now agreed to accept poultry from the Netherlands too See page 26.