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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8267

1 August 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food safety
Denmark blocks its poultry exports because of "Newcastle" disease

Brussels, 31/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Monday Denmark informed the European Commission that it had suspended its poultry exports after having discovered cases of "Newcastle" disease in Jutland in the west of the country. 100,000 fowl, chickens, ducks and turkeys have been slaughtered over the last few days in order to stop the spread of this virus and protect poultry export markets. In compliance with Community legislation (dating from 1991) on measures for fighting against this disease,...

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