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Singapore Halts Dutch Poultry Imports Over Bird Flu |
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SINGAPORE - Singapore has suspended all imports of poultry and birds from the Netherlands after bird flu was discovered there, the city state said.
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"We have received a report that there is a positive diagnosis of avian influenza in the Netherlands," the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said in a statement. "To prevent the disease from entering Singapore, AVA is taking precautionary measures to temporarily suspend the imports of all poultry and birds from the Netherlands with immediate effect. Singapore is free from bird flu," it said. The island imported 447 tonnes of chicken meat from the Netherlands in 2003, which was valued at S$850,550 ($503,200) and constituted 0.26 percent of total poultry consumption, AVA said. It imported 2,066 live ornamental birds from the Netherlands last year valued at S$103,390, it said.
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REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
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