Bhutan May Ban Import Of Indian Poultry Products
INDIA - Bhutan may enforce a ban on import of chicken meat and eggs from India if reports of death of nearly 5,000 poultry birds due to bird flu in a poultry farm in West Bengal are proved true, officials have said.
14 May 2007
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"There will be a total ban immediately, if it is confirmed," said director of the livestock department, Tenzin Dhendup. "But as of now the import is still on. Without confirming, we do not take any action," he said.
The department has already sent a veterinary doctor and a Bhutan Agriculture Food and Regulatory Authority official to Matigara in Darjeeling district where the farm is located.
Source: Hindustan Times
