France widens bird flu restrictions to tackle outbreak in southwest

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Bird flu: extended restriction zone

By Lefigaro.fr with ReutersMis updated 12/18/2015 at 11:16 Published on 18/12/2015 at 10:31

The restriction zone established in France since the beginning of the avian flu epidemic that affects five departments of the South West has been expanded and now covers eight departments, according to a decree of the Ministry of Agriculture published in today Official Journal.

The establishment of this wider restriction zone was an issue at a time when many business partners in France - including Japan, the largest importer of foie gras - decided to suspend imports of French poultry.

These new provisions "are aimed at cleaning up areas of poultry production efficiently over a wide area and provide all the necessary guarantees to European partners and third countries importing poultry and French poultry meat," the Ministry of Agriculture in a statement.

The Dordogne, the Gers, Haute-Vienne, the Landes, the Pyrenees-Atlantiques but also to the Gironde, the Hautes-Pyrenees, Lot-et-Garonne and several communes of the Lot and a village in Charente appear on the list of the geographical zones included in the new restricted zone.

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France widens bird flu restrictions to tackle outbreak in southwest

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France on Friday tightened sanitary measures and restricted movement of poultry across part of the southwest as it tries to contain its first bird flu outbreak in eight years that threatens to hit exports.

The government has established a broad restriction zone around the areas in which 30 cases of highly pathogenic bird flu have been detected since late November, a decree published in the Official Journal showed.

The zone covers all of the five administrative departments where bird flu has been found so far - Dordogne, Gers, Haute-Vienne, Landes and Pyrenees-Atlantiques -, as well as the whole of Gironde, Hautes-Pyrenees and Lot-et-Garonne, and parts of the Lot and Charente departments.

Bird flu, or avian influenza, is often spread by people or trucks that come into contact with contaminated faeces.
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