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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8938

29 April 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/avian influenza
Commission suggests updating legislation to protect human health

Brussels, 28/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Commission approved a proposal for a directive establishing updated EU-level measures on the control of avian influenza. Although the measures proposed are based on lessons drawn from the persistent avian flu outbreaks in South East Asia, the Commission now takes more account of the growing concern that there could be human health implications if a strain of avian influenza were to mutate into a virus that is transmissible...

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