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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8416

8 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/husbandry
Portugal fears Community ban on poultry exports

Brussels, 07/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to the Portuguese Minister of Agriculture, Armando Sevinate Pinto, the Veterinary Committee at the European Commission may recommend a ban on Portuguese poultry exports next Monday, following the discovery of nitrofurans (antibiotics) in animal flesh from 43 (out of a total of 167 farms inspected by the local competent authorities). The British food Standards Agency has already advised importers and retailers in the United Kingdom to refrain...

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