A European Commission decision to ban imports of live birds including poultry, wild feathered game meat and unprocessed feathers from Croatia was adopted on 24 October, and is being reviewed by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
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The decision, which is now in force, was taken in response to a case of H5 avian influenza virus found in wild birds in Croatia. Tests are ongoing to confirm the exact strain of the virus.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that the European Union is considering a total ban on imports of live wild birds to any European Union state in an effort to prevent the spread of bird flu.
Recent cases in Russia, Romania and Turkey have heightened fears that the disease could spread to the EU. The UK confirmed this week that a parrot that was in quarantine in the UK had died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu. As the bird was in quarantine, the case has not affected the UK’s bird flu disease-free status.
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