Philip Tod Eu Quotations

We are concerned enough that we have instituted this ban to avoid risking importing the disease into the EU from an infected country. But we are not able to say what type of virus we are talking about - or how pathogenic it is.

There was an extensive discussion on the possibility of the disease spreading into the EU via migratory birds that might pose a risk of spreading the virus. The group concluded that the immediate risk is probably remote or low.

The aim of these national surveillance programs is to provide early detection of cases of avian influenza, particularly in wild birds and poultry in the European Union.

These import measures ... ensure that poultry products on sale in the EU do not pose a risk for consumers.

The European Commission has so far received no information which suggests the UK authorities have breached the requirements. The UK authorities are still investigating the circumstances in this case and the Commission will wait for the outcome of that investigation to properly assess the situation.

The Commission has been informed by the European Union reference laboratory ... that the virus isolated in wild birds in Croatia is indeed the H5N1 virus,

Veterinary controls on the farm and at slaughter, and the flow of information from stable to table, protect EU consumers against any potential risk.

We don't have avian influenza in commercial poultry in the European Union and we consider that poultry meat and eggs, especially when properly cooked, pose no risk to human health,

The likelihood is that we will have to reintegrate Sweden into the European (testing) regime.

The likelihood is that we will have to reintegrate Sweden into the European regime.