Environment intensifies bird flu campaign (Sun Star) THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has recently intensified its campaign against the possible spread of the avian influenza virus here. [News Source]

Bird Flu Officials And Bernard Matthews Say Consumers Not At Risk (Medical News Today) Officials investigating the deadly H5N1 bird flu outbreak at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk, UK, have said that consumers are not at risk of bird flu.Also, Bernard Matthews, founder and owner of the turkey meat company, has spoken about the situation for the first time this week. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Continuing watch against bird flu (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) The bird flu scare is in our midst again. For three years now, the country had been spared from the dreaded avian influenza that momentarily crippled the poultry industry of other countries in the region. [News Source]

Concern over ‘horrifying’ conditions for organic cod raised in fish farms. Horrifying conditions on supposedly organic cod fish farms have been condemned by a government adviser. [News Source]

Bernard Matthews meat cleared. The government's food watchdog last night declared two large consignments of Bernard Matthews turkey products fit for sale after verifying that neither contained meat from a restricted zone in Hungary. [News Source]

Turkey boss denies misleading inspectors. Bernard Matthews broke his silence today over the bird flu outbreak at his processing plant in Suffolk by insisting there has been no attempted cover up by his company. [News Source]

I’m sorry, but this was not our fault ,says turkey tycoon. The turkey tycoon Bernard Matthews broke his silence last night over the bird flu outbreak to deny responsibility for it. [News Source]

Bernard Matthews says bird flu scare not his fault. Bernard Matthews, whose poultry firm of the same name was at the heart of a bird flu outbreak in Britain, said he was sorry for the scare but insisted it was not his company's fault. [News Source]

No sign of deadly bird flu found in U.S. (MSNBC) Tests on nearly 75,000 wild ducks, gulls and other birds have turned up no sign of dangerous H5N1 avian influenza in the United States, a federal agency said Thursday. [News Source]

Lab arms C. Luzon v. bird flu (Sun Star) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- With the establishment of a laboratory that could detect, monitor, and control the spread of avian influenza, Central Luzon is now one step ahead in its fight against the possible pandemic known as bird flu. [News Source]

China bans UK poultry imports. China on Wednesday became the latest country to ban all poultry products from the UK following the outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu on a Suffolk turkey farm. [News Source]

Scientists warn that bird-flu virus remains a threat. This year, bird flu seems all but forgotten, mentioned occasionally when it claims another life or when it causes a major outbreak - but that complacency may be dangerous. [News Source]