Egypt: Prohibit the transfer of live poultry or circulation in all Governorates from July

Sunday, February 7th, 2010 - 20:03

D announced. Hamed Samaha chairman of General Authority for Veterinary Services, it was decided to ban the movement of poultry and to prevent circulation of a live final in all governorates of the Republic with effect from next July, in order to maintain the livestock and poultry industry in Egypt and limit the transfer of the bird flu virus from one place to another.

Samaha said that this decision was an update of a resolution passed by Amin Abaza, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation to criminalize the transfer of live poultry and circulation since 2006, to give farmers a transition period to stop completely before application of the law to impose sanctions on violators of up to imprisonment for 6 months and a fine more than 10 thousand pounds.

For his part, affirmed. Abdulaziz President of the Chambers of Commerce Division of poultry that Egypt's consumption of poultry daily estimated 3.2 million chickens and domestic production after the bird flu crisis, more than 7.1 million chickens, is to bridge this gap by import from abroad of safe countries.

On the other hand d prepared. Saad Nassar, Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Amin Abaza, a memorandum Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation on the re-opening of the five poultry slaughter in Cairo at the request of representatives of the Division of poultry Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.