Planas hopes to be able to relax the biosecurity measures for avian flu in weeks.

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has expressed his hope that within a few weeks the biosecurity measures in Spanish farms against avian flu can be relaxed. In statements to journalists, Planas reiterated this Monday the need to "maintain tranquility and, above all, apply the biosecurity measures". "We must respond to reality and at this moment if we adopt - we have already done so - the biosecurity measures that are being applied in Spain, I hope that within a few weeks we can relax them because effectively this wave has subsided," the minister pointed out. The head of Agriculture explained that they are based on two types of information, specifically the outbreaks in Spain and their evolution in the rest of the European Union. On November 13, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ordered the confinement of all outdoor poultry farms in Spain to be extended throughout the country for the prevention ...