MIDDAY EXPRESS News from the Press and Communication Service’s midday briefing Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi du Service Presse et Communication 07 / 05 / 2003 Update on avian influenza in the Netherlands and Belgium The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health yesterday discussed again the avian influenza situation in the Netherlands and …
MIDDAY EXPRESS News from the Press and Communication Service’s midday briefing Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi du Service Presse et Communication 07 / 05 / 2003 Update on avian influenza in the Netherlands and Belgium The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health yesterday discussed again the avian influenza situation in the Netherlands and Belgium. Since the beginning of the outbreak in the Netherlands on 28 February, 250 infected holdings have been confirmed and another 10 are seriously suspected to be contaminated. In total, approximately 25 million birds have been culled in the Netherlands. On 16 April the disease also spread to Belgium where to date 8 outbreaks have been confirmed. In total, about 2,3 million birds have been culled. The last outbreak in Belgium dates from 24 April. The Committee voted in favour of a European Commission proposal to extend until 16 May the existing measures to prevent the spreading of the disease and to eradicate it. No live poultry, hatching eggs and fresh, unprocessed poultry manure or litter may be exported to other Member States or third countries and, with some derogations, no live poultry and hatching eggs may be transported within the Netherlands or Belgium. The situation will be reviewed at the next meeting of the Committee on Thursday 15 May. MIDDAY EXPRESS
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