Published 04 Feb,2021 via The Financial Express - The government has decided not to impose any immediate ban on import of poultry products as proposed by different state agencies concerned to prevent possible spread of bird flu in the country, officials said.
It also decided to rather strengthen surveillance so that the bird flu does not spread in the local poultry industry due to imports, they added.
The decisions came at a recent inter-ministerial meeting, attended by the secretaries of commerce and, fisheries and livestock, representatives from the home ministry, land port authority, DLS and other state agencies.
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