Processing of poultry import applications from all of Thailand resumes
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (March 18) announced that the processing of applications for importing poultry and poultry products from Administrative Region 6 of Thailand (the central west part of the country) would resume with immediate effect.
The Centre suspended the processing of applications following confirmation of an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 on a poultry farm in Thailand last November.
It lifted the restrictions for Thailand (except Administration Region 6) in January while continuing to monitor the situation in Administrative Region 6.
"In view of the control measures taken by Thailand and the fact that there are no other cases of avian influenza reported in the country, we decide to resume processing applications from the whole of Thailand," a CFS spokesman said.
Ends/Wednesday, March 18, 2009
