AR-News: (US CA) MEXICO NIXES US POULTRY IMPORTS

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

MEXICO CITY - Mexico has closed its borders to all poultry imports from the 
US following the announcement that a Texas chicken flock was diagnosed with an 
extremely infectious and fatal form of bird flu. 
Mexico's agriculture ministry said in a statement the ban, effective 
immediately, affects live poultry as well as processed products. 
The full ban on US chicken imports comes on the heels of escalating Mexican 
precautions in recent weeks as more states discovered less contagious forms of 
bird flu. 
Last week Mexico, which says it has the highest sanitary controls and norms 
on poultry production in the world, banned poultry product imports from 
Canada's western province of British Columbia after avian flu was detected on a 
chicken farm there. 
Since 2002, Mexico has had its borders closed to poultry imports from 
California, North Carolina, Maine, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Texas, and 
Connecticut. Delaware and New Jersey were added in January.  





full story:
http://www.caltradereport.com/eWebPages/in-brief-1078183646.html 
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