Philip Tod
Philip Tod
announce believe danish far tests
I believe the Danish authorities are shortly about to announce that the tests conducted so far are negative.
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A number of samples have to be taken from both wild and domestic birds in each member state, and the type of tests that will be done.
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Veterinary controls on the farm and at slaughter, and the flow of information from stable to table, protect EU consumers against any potential risk.
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We welcome the fact that an important actor in the food and drinks industry has put forward concrete commitments.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Research shows that this particular avian flu virus can be transmitted to humans who are in direct contact with the infected animal.
carried confronted exercise scenario worst
Such an exercise had never been carried out on this scale, it was a full-blown scenario with the worst that we could be confronted with.
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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.
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That aid is yet to be agreed by the ACP countries. We certainly expect Nigeria to benefit from part of these funds, to help them in their fight of this disease.
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We hope this will rally member states around the authorization process. We want practical improvements in the system.
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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,