Via The Star: Malaysia declared bird flu free. Excerpt:
Malaysia has been declared free of bird flu from Sunday, allowing poultry to be exported again.
Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) declares a country free of bird flu, when no new case was reported three months after the last disinfections and culling operations at affected areas.
He said Singapore had started importing poultry from Malaysia while Hong Kong, Korea and Japan had yet to do so.
Muhyiddin said the authorities would continue to be on the alert, to conduct surveillance and take random samplings of poultry, as the region was still not out of danger from the deadly H5N1 virus.
“Poultry, birds, and eggs and other fresh products from countries, where the virus has been detected, will not be allowed into the country. They will be confiscated and destroyed at entry points,” he told reporters at his ministry here Monday.
