IMPHAL, Dec 9 – Manipur Government has banned import of poultry products including eggs, feed and chicken from Assam following spread of Avian influenza in that State, official sources said today.
An order banning poultry products from neighbouring Assam was issued yesterday by director of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry.
Besides banning poultry products from Assam, Rapid Response Teams (RRTs), which were constituted in Manipur in April last year, were also kept in a state of readiness for taking immediate action to control a possible outbreak of bird flu in the State.
Meanwhile, the Meghalaya Government has also issued an order restricting the import of poultry products from Assam, West Bengal and the international border to the State’s Garo Hills region with immediate effect.
The order has been issued as a precautionary measure to prevent any outbreak of the disease that causes large-scale deaths of poultry and other birds, official sources said.
Consumers in Garo Hills depend heavily on the import of poultry products such as chicken and eggs from outside the State. This being the peak festive season, the demand is all the more high. – PTI
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An order banning poultry products from neighbouring Assam was issued yesterday by director of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry.
Besides banning poultry products from Assam, Rapid Response Teams (RRTs), which were constituted in Manipur in April last year, were also kept in a state of readiness for taking immediate action to control a possible outbreak of bird flu in the State.
Meanwhile, the Meghalaya Government has also issued an order restricting the import of poultry products from Assam, West Bengal and the international border to the State’s Garo Hills region with immediate effect.
The order has been issued as a precautionary measure to prevent any outbreak of the disease that causes large-scale deaths of poultry and other birds, official sources said.
Consumers in Garo Hills depend heavily on the import of poultry products such as chicken and eggs from outside the State. This being the peak festive season, the demand is all the more high. – PTI
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