Philip Tod
Philip Tod
birds both domestic member number samples taken tests type wild
A number of samples have to be taken from both wild and domestic birds in each member state, and the type of tests that will be done.
action detection early key problem rapid
The key to this problem is early detection and rapid action.
european likelihood sweden
The likelihood is that we will have to reintegrate Sweden into the European regime.
across concrete conditions face interest market
It's in the industry's own interest to come up with concrete commitments if it doesn't want to face a patchwork of different market conditions across the E.U.. Now these commitments must be monitored, and that's important.
arrive community expected friday laboratory late reference results samples saturday
The samples are now expected to arrive at the Community Reference Laboratory late on Friday and so results can only be expected by Saturday afternoon, not before.
assess case commission european far information outcome properly received uk wait
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.
definitely response vaccine
The vaccine may be appropriate in Asia, but our first response would definitely be culls and quarantines,
concrete drinks fact food forward industry welcome
We welcome the fact that an important actor in the food and drinks industry has put forward concrete commitments.
adopted assumption measures virus
We are working on the assumption that it is also the H5N1 virus and all the measures have been adopted with that in mind.
hope member practical rally states
We hope this will rally member states around the authorization process. We want practical improvements in the system.
avoid ban concerned disease eu infected risking talking type virus
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.
commercial consider european human meat pose poultry properly risk union
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,
act additional areas buffer defining infected member parts precaution taking zone
We are taking the additional precaution of defining high-risk areas to act as a buffer zone between infected areas and unaffected parts of a member state.
animals anyway continue contract controlled spread virus
There are disadvantages if vaccination is not done in a controlled way. Animals that are inadequately vaccinated may contract the virus anyway and continue to spread it.