Latest Bird Flu News

Jakarta water woes.
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, has been devastated by severe flooding in recent weeks, and heavy rains aren't the only reason why. [News Source]

Fears grow that bird flu virus has entered food chain.
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

The avian flu virus that led to the culling of 160,000 birds on a Bernard Matthews turkey farm may have entered the human food supply. [News Source]

Supermarkets alert for mass turkey recall.
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

The government's chief scientist said yesterday that packaged turkey meat might have to be removed from supermarket shelves in a mass product recall. [News Source]

Call for ban on meat from bird flu countries.
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

Farmers are calling for a ban on raw imported poultry meat from countries infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus until the cause of the UK outbreak has been found. [News Source]

S.Korea kills birds after flu outbreak.
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

South Korean quarantine officials began slaughtering hundreds of thousands of poultry after a fresh outbreak of bird flu in a province near the South Korean capital, the Agriculture Ministry said Saturday. [News Source]

Bird flu ‘could be in our shops.’
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

Turkey products could be taken off store shelves after the Government's chief scientist said raw meat infected with bird flu might have gone on sale. [News Source]

Hungary denies UK bird flu link.
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

Hungarian officials say there is no evidence to prove that an outbreak of bird flu in Britain was caused by infected poultry from Hungary. [News Source]

New bird flu outbreak in S Korea.
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

Health workers in South Korea have begun to cull thousands of chickens after a new bird flu outbreak was discovered near the capital, Seoul. [News Source]

Latest bird flu blamed on bird trading.
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

Experts suspect the current spread of bird flu in Asia, Africa and Europe is mainly a result of trade in infected live birds rather than transmission through wild birds. [News Source]

New bird flu cases reported in Asia.
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

This season's wave of the virus came mostly from reared rather than migratory birds. [News Source]

Supermarkets braced for turkey recall.
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

Supermarkets are facing a possible nationwide recall of processed turkey products in an attempt to halt the spread of bird flu. [News Source]

Farmers urge meat import controls.
Saturday February 10th 2007, 11:00 am

The farmers' union has called on the government to place tighter controls on imports of foreign turkey meat, following the outbreak of bird flu. [News Source]