Philip Tod
Philip Tod
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We welcome the fact that an important actor in the food and drinks industry has put forward concrete commitments.
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There was an extensive discussion on the possibility of the disease spreading into the EU via migratory birds that might pose a risk of spreading the virus. The group concluded that the immediate risk is probably remote or low.
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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.
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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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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.
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The vaccine may be appropriate in Asia, but our first response would definitely be culls and quarantines,
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Coexistence measures are designed to ensure that GM crops can be grown alongside non-GM crops without negative economic consequences caused by accidental mixing of the two.
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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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I believe the Danish authorities are shortly about to announce that the tests conducted so far are negative.
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Many of those questions are being discussed at ministerial level. You don't get answers to sensitive political questions during an exercise.
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There will be a discussion on international coordination.
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Food producers are responsible for controlling every link in the production chain and making sure that only healthy food products arrive on the market.
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This legislation is not related to the current case of contamination in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
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In the case of Bulgaria, we will be sending some laboratory and veterinary experts, who will likely leave this weekend. For Turkey, the experts we will send are likely to be specialists in epidemiology.