IRAQ LIFT IRAN CHICKEN IPOTATION BAN

Iraq has removed an earlier imposed ban on chicken imports
from neighboring Iran after Tehran made assurances that it
has contained avian flu in chicken flocks across the country.
Iraqi agriculture authorities had imposed the ban back in July
following detection of avian flu in chicken flocks in Iran.
Earlier in mid June, outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1
bird flu was reported in a village in northern Iran.
This prompted Iraqi authorities to ban shipments of breeding
stock, including live chicks and hatching eggs, as well as
frozen and fresh chicken from Iran.
The ban was removed after Iran's Veterinary Organization
delivered a report to the World Veterinary Association,
confirming that the virulent avian flu virus was under
control.