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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8420

14 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/epizootics
After the Netherlands, embargo on poultry and eggs will affect Belgium until 20 March

Brussels, 13/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - On 12 March, the European Commission imposed restrictions upon Belgium in order to avoid the spread of a viral infection, avian influenza (poultry flu), in the EU. This decision was taken after a suspected case was discovered on 11 March. The alarm was raised by a farm close to the Dutch border where some 2,000 hens out of a total of 12,000 have been found dead. Until 20 March, Belgium cannot export live poultry or eggs to be hatched, or transport these...

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