The European Union’s Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health has reviewed the situation and the measures applicable with regard to avian influenza in some Asian countries, Canada, South Africa and the US.
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The European Commission said the disease has successfully been eradicated in Canada and the US. Therefore, the suspension of imports of poultry, poultry meat and products from the state of Texas in the US and from a part of British Columbia, adopted at the beginning of April expired on 23 August for the US and will expire on 1 October for Canada.
The suspension of imports into the EU of chicken products and pet birds from several Asian countries where avian influenza has been confirmed since the beginning of this year, applicable until 15 December 2004, has been extended until 31 March 2005. The countries concerned are Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Pakistan, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and, since August, also Malaysia. In some of these countries outbreaks of bird flu are still occurring and the overall disease situation in the area remains unclear.
The suspension applicable to imports from South Africa decided in August, applicable until 1 January 2005, remains in place.
