Tories urge live bird import ban
UK - Ministers are being urged to ban imports of live birds from the EU after the source of an avian disease outbreak was traced back to France.The Newcastle Disease outbreak at a pheasant farm in Surrey, where 9,000 birds are being culled, was traced back to a French farm where they were bred.
Shadow agriculture minister Jim Paice said imports should be suspended until bio-security measures could be assured.
The government said it had no intention of introducing a wholesale ban.
Source: BBC
21 July 2005
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