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US challenges India poultry ban at WTO

-Reuters The United States on Tuesday began action at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to open India's market for poultry meant and eggs, saying an Indian ban on US imports intended to stop the spread of bird flu was not based on sound science. "The United States is the world's leader in agricultural safety and we are confident that the WTO will confirm that India's ban is unjustified," US Trade Representative Ron...

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US likely to drag India to WTO on denied poultry market access

-PTI Expressing "extraordinary frustration" over India denying market access to the American poultry, US is gearing to drag it to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), with top lawmakers pressing the Obama Administration to act fast against New Delhi in this regard.  The indication in this regard came from a top trade official of the Obama Administration, who told lawmakers on Wednesday that the US has taken similar action with the Chinese in...

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Bird flu in two West Bengal villages by Raktima Bose

The West Bengal government confirmed cases of avian flu in two villages under the Tehatta 1 block of the State's Nadia district on Tuesday and ordered the culling of all poultry birds within a radius of 3 km of the villages. The government has also ordered the immediate destruction of eggs and feed material within the affected radius to control the spread of the disease. According to a senior official of the...

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Bird flu still entrenched in India, 5 other countries: FAO

United Nations body FAO has said the contagious Avian flu virus H5N1, which causes bird flu, still remains firmly entrenched in India and five other countries because of unhygienic trade practises. "...the virus remains firmly entrenched in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia and Vietnam," Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a statement. "Eliminating the highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza virus from poultry in the six countries where it remains endemic will...

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Sustained efforts needed to eliminate bird flu in remaining countries–UN

While most countries have managed to stamp out bird flu, eliminating the virus from poultry in the six countries where it remains endemic will take at least 10 years, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says in a new report. The H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI), which was reported in 60 countries at its peak in 2006, remains “firmly entrenched” in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India,...

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