Netherlands: The risk of bird flu being introduced from the United States appears minimal

Adema emphasizes that he believes there is little chance that a situation such as in the United States would go unnoticed in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, basic monitoring has a good monitoring system where signals of infectious diseases in animals are detected at an early stage. Royal GD is also paying extra attention to bird flu after the signals from the United States. In addition, with every new outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm where ruminants are also present, these ruminants are immediately screened for bird flu. Shipments of fresh beef and dairy products have recently arrived from the United States. These shipments were imported into the European Union based on applicable animal health and food safety requirements. The European Food Safety Authority EFSA states that there is currently no scientific evidence that food can be a route of contamination. Infection with the bird flu virus could also occur through wild birds. However, hardly any wild birds with bird ...