The European Commission called on Tuesday 8 November for vigilance by the countries of the EU following the confirmation of recent outbreaks of avian influenza (highly pathogenic subtype H5N8) in Hungary.
The Hungarian authorities immediately applied the control measures laid down in EU legislation, the Commission says in a press release. The protective measures to prevent the spread of the outbreak from the affected areas (Directive 2005/94 on Community measures for the control of avian...