EU bans Thai poultry
13 April 2012
The European Commission banned all imports of poultry from Thailand today as a precaution against the spread of bird flu.
Thailand is the only Asian country from which the EU imports poultry - 120,000 tonnes in 2002 and 128,000 tonnes in 2003.
The ban was proposed by EU food safety Commissioner David Byrne and swiftly endorsed after confirmation from Thailand of an outbreak of bird flu in poultry.
"There is no evidence of a problem in Europe and this measure is purely a precaution," said a Commisison spokeswoman.
"We are halting all poultry and poultry products from Thailand. There is nowhere else in Asia which exports poultry to the EU."
