BRUSSELS, Oct 22 (Hina/Reuters) - The European Commission said onFriday it was preparing a ban on imports of poultry from Croatia afterthe country had detected a bird flu virus in wild swans, Reutersreported.
BRUSSELS, Oct 22 (Hina/Reuters) - The European Commission said on
Friday it was preparing a ban on imports of poultry from Croatia after the
country had detected a bird flu virus in wild swans, Reuters reported. "The European Commission is preparing a decision to ban the import of live
poultry and poultry products from Croatia which will be adopted by urgent
procedure on Monday," the EU executive said in a statement.
The Croatian government had assured the Commission that no live poultry
and poultry products would be dispatched from the
former Yugoslav republic to the European Union, Reuters cited the
Commission as saying.