Author: Adek Earth Flower Girls | Wednesday, December 12, 2012
JAKARTA - MICOM: The Government will prohibit the importation of poultry and poultry products, including animal feed from Australia, following an attack by virus outbreaks of avian influenza (H5N1) or better known as the bird flu. Currently, the government is cooking the rules on the prohibition of the importation of poultry and poultry products, including animal feed derived from Australia. "rules are being processed in the firm," said Director of Veterinary Public Health and Postharvest Directorate of Livestock and Animal Health Ministry of Agriculture Akhmad Junaidi in Jakarta, Wednesday (12/12).
Akhmad said the ban on imports of poultry products include meat, poultry, eggs, poultry, and poultry feed, except eggs SPF (Special Pathogenic Free). Temporary import ban issued by the government to prevent the spread of bird flu virus in the country. According to him, over the years, Indonesia has imported birds from Australia just for the ducks and cattle feed. Meanwhile, Director General of Aquaculture Livestock Husbandry and Animal Health Luthan Fauzi said the Ministry of Agriculture, in the near future in the form of rules banning the import of the Ministry of Agriculture (Permentan) will signed by the Minister of Agriculture.
Apart from Australia, said Fauzi, Permentan will also prohibit the importation from other countries affected by the type of virus outbreaks. "In principle, then, the existing outbreak, we forbid," said Fauzi.
He explained, temporary bans poultry imports will end until the announcement of the World Organization for Animal Health (Office International des Epizooties / OIE), which said Australia is free from bird flu . Temporary ban will also apply to the Indonesian government believes the handling of bird flu in Australia is truly optimal. "It really is not directly related to bird flu virus in domestic ducks. That's a different problem but still we watch out because the virus is annoying and the first case, "said Fauzi.
Attacks bird flu virus that attacked 50 thousand laying hens in Wales, Australia occurred on 22 November.Outbreak of bird flu in Australia has prompted dozens of other countries to stop importing poultry from countries, such as Japan, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, South Korea, United States, Philippines, and Singapore.
