33 Quotes by Philip Tod

We don't have avian influenza in commercial poultry in the European Union and we consider that poultry meat and eggs, especially when properly cooked, pose no risk to human health,

We are concerned enough that we have instituted this ban to avoid risking importing the disease into the EU from an infected country. But we are not able to say what type of virus we are talking about - or how pathogenic it is.

We are working on the assumption that it is also the H5N1 virus and all the measures have been adopted with that in mind.

We welcome the fact that an important actor in the food and drinks industry has put forward concrete commitments.

Veterinary controls on the farm and at slaughter, and the flow of information from stable to table, protect EU consumers against any potential risk.

The samples are now expected to arrive at the Community Reference Laboratory late on Friday and so results can only be expected by Saturday afternoon, not before.

Coexistence measures are designed to ensure that GM crops can be grown alongside non-GM crops without negative economic consequences caused by accidental mixing of the two.

A number of samples have to be taken from both wild and domestic birds in each member state, and the type of tests that will be done.

The vaccine may be appropriate in Asia, but our first response would definitely be culls and quarantines,