Italy confiscated imported Chinese and Thai chickens under fake labels

On November 21, authorities in Rome (Italy) confiscated 3 tons of Chinese and Thai chicken imported under fake labels as Brazilian products.

Anti-counterfeiting agents of the Rome customs, in cooperation with military police, conducted a series of checks on warehouses, shops, restaurants and houses of Chinese citizens and discovered the counterfeit goods.

China can intervene troops and police if necessary

Chinese quarantine officer is disinfecting a chicken market in Shanghai

On the same day, China introduced a new set of rules to deal with bird flu, including a fine for violators. The regulation requires new outbreaks to be reported to the government within four hours of discovery.

If someone takes action to prevent the work of preventing illness, delay, reporting wrongly or not following the regulations, they will be fined up to 5,000 yuan. Officials who do not report a pandemic in their locality may be demoted or fired. In case of necessity, the police and even the military will be thrown in to intervene.

China announced that it had 17 H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks since the middle of last month and about 21 million poultry have been destroyed this year. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture said that although some areas have been controlled, the overall situation is "serious".

In Romania, bird flu broke out again in a remote village in the Danube delta. Tests conducted by a British laboratory show that four dead chickens in Caraorman village are due to infection with the H5N1 virus.

Meanwhile, the US, Japan and Taiwan have banned the importation of poultry from Canada's province of British Columbia until a full assessment of the situation of bird flu within a 5km radius around the province's outbreak. this.

SON NGUYEN (According to THX, VNA, Reuters)