Philip Tod
Philip Tod
act additional areas buffer defining infected member parts precaution taking zone
We are taking the additional precaution of defining high-risk areas to act as a buffer zone between infected areas and unaffected parts of a member state.
arrive community expected friday laboratory late reference results samples saturday
The samples are now expected to arrive at the Community Reference Laboratory late on Friday and so results can only be expected by Saturday afternoon, not before.
against consumers controls eu farm flow information potential protect stable
Veterinary controls on the farm and at slaughter, and the flow of information from stable to table, protect EU consumers against any potential risk.
hope member practical rally states
We hope this will rally member states around the authorization process. We want practical improvements in the system.
aim birds cases detection early european national poultry programs provide wild
The aim of these national surveillance programs is to provide early detection of cases of avian influenza, particularly in wild birds and poultry in the European Union.
announce believe danish far tests
I believe the Danish authorities are shortly about to announce that the tests conducted so far are negative.
answers discussed political questions sensitive
Many of those questions are being discussed at ministerial level. You don't get answers to sensitive political questions during an exercise.
adopted assumption measures virus
We are working on the assumption that it is also the H5N1 virus and all the measures have been adopted with that in mind.
concrete drinks fact food forward industry welcome
We welcome the fact that an important actor in the food and drinks industry has put forward concrete commitments.
arrive chain food healthy link producers production products sure
Food producers are responsible for controlling every link in the production chain and making sure that only healthy food products arrive on the market.
across concrete conditions face interest market
It's in the industry's own interest to come up with concrete commitments if it doesn't want to face a patchwork of different market conditions across the E.U.. Now these commitments must be monitored, and that's important.
animals anyway continue contract controlled spread virus
There are disadvantages if vaccination is not done in a controlled way. Animals that are inadequately vaccinated may contract the virus anyway and continue to spread it.
commercial consider european human meat pose poultry properly risk union
We don't have avian influenza in commercial poultry in the European Union and we consider that poultry meat and eggs, especially when properly cooked, pose no risk to human health,
avoid ban concerned disease eu infected risking talking type virus
We are concerned enough that we have instituted this ban to avoid risking importing the disease into the EU from an infected country. But we are not able to say what type of virus we are talking about - or how pathogenic it is.