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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10908

28 August 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) animal health
Commission endorses Italy's bird flu measures

Brussels, 27/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 27 August, the European Commission adopted a decision confirming high-risk areas set up by the Italian authorities further to the outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza discovered in poultry farms in Emilia-Romagna.

During the extraordinary meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCOFCAH) held in Brussels, the Italian authorities outlined the very stringent measures adopted to control the disease,...