USDA seeks to end the ban on poultry in Asia
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Last Update: 2001-11-20
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Lead: U.S agriculture officials said early last week that the United States is in talks with Japan and South Korea to resolve the two countries' ban on U.S poultry imports The two countries banned the import of poultry from the United States after discovering that poultry meat in conakticott state contains avian influenza virus U.S officials say they are confident that Japan will lift the ban soon, because the bird flu virus is harmless Japan, the fifth buyer of U.S poultry abroad, suspended imports of poultry from the United States last week after the U.S Embassy in Tokyo told the Japanese government that Konak tekot's bird flu virus was a more dangerous strain South Korea, the fourth largest buyer of American poultry, also detained a shipment of American poultry without further notice Conakticott recently slaughtered 16000 chickens because tests in October found that some chickens contained antibodies to the low pathogenic avian influenza virus, which medically indicated that these chickens had been exposed to the virus in the past Although the low disease prototype of avian influenza virus can be transmitted, it will not cause death of birds, and it is harmless to humans, and it cannot be transmitted through poultry meat In the first eight months of this year, South Korea purchased 61000 tons of American poultry, while Japan purchased 55000 tons
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