AR-News: (United Arab Emirates) Producers say demand for poultry slumps

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Dubai |By Jay B. Hilotin, Staff Reporter | 16-02-2004 
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The producers as well as the authorities have taken all precautions to ensure 
that the UAE is free of bird flu. ©Gulf News
Domestic demand for poultry products have gone down by up to 30 per cent 
owing to the bird flu scare.

However, local poultry farm owners said the market reaction is unwarranted 
given the quick reaction from authorities, stringent border controls and regular 
inspections of poultry farms by veterinary officials.

Imports of chicken from 10 Asian countries were banned soon after news of the 
bird flu outbreak was publicised.

"The producers as well as the authorities are taking all precautions to 
ensure that the UAE is free of bird flu of any strain," said Dr Hussein Hassanin, 
technical secretary of the Emirates Poultry Producers Association (EPPA).

Despite the ban, however, the bigger threat is posed by the UAE's continued 
importation of chicken droppings as fertilisers.





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