Bird Flu Monitor > Poultry smuggling checks stepped up in HK

[Enflu] Hong Kong Customs and its Mainland counterpart have stepped up cooperation to deter poultry smuggling at the control points, targeting both passengers and cargo, an official from Hong Kong Customs said .

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[Pcij.org] Wild-Bird Smugglers Pose Avian-Flu Threat: The NAITF has already prepared the Avian Influenza Protection Program (AIPP), which includes a comprehensive list of measures aimed at preventing the virus from entering the country. It also details how to keep the virus from spreading among poultry if there is an initial bird-flu outbreak and how to prevent and control avian influenza in humans.

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http://bird-flu-blog.blogspot.com [Bird-flu-blog.blogspot.com] Bird-Flu-Blog: 03/01/2006 - 03/31/2006: This could be a very big problem as poultry from China (and other countries who have the H5N1 virus endemic in their poultry) is being transported all over the place for food. Stay tuned to birdflubeacon.com news as we follow this research as well as other research being done around the world to try and figure out the source of this elusive virus.

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