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Friday, April 19, 2013

Armenia bans China-imported products amid bird flu fear



Armenia bans China-imported products amid bird flu fear
PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of the State Service for Food Safety at Agriculture Ministry, Abraham Bakhchagulyan signed a decree for a temporary ban of a number of China-imported goods in view of recent fear of H7N9 virus.
The ban, however, doesn’t cover products exported from China before April 4, 2013.
The H7N9 virus has so far infected 87 people in China and killed 17. China has culled thousands of birds and shut down some markets selling live poultry to try to stave off the spread http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/154939/?