EU says any ban on UK poultry exports unjustified

[Niko]

EU says any ban on UK poultry exports unjustified
Tue 6 Feb 2007 6:23 AM ET

BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Any move to ban British poultry exports after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu strain would be unjustified, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

"Any global ban on the UK is totally disproportionate," a spokesman for the EU executive told a regular briefing, adding it was satisfied with British measures to contain the outbreak.

The spokesman said British officials had told an EU meeting in Brussels it was unlikely the infection had come from Hungary, and said that Britain had no plans for a widespread vaccination campaign.

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