Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PARIS483
2007-02-07 15:49:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
France raises AI vigilance level
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UNCLAS PARIS 000483
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS PASS USEU FOR AGMINCOUNSELOR
STATE FOR OES; EUR/ERA AND EB(XXX???); EUR/??; OES/IHA; STATE ALSO
FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTION GROUP; HHS LEIGH SAWYER
STATE PASS USTR FOR MURPHY;
USDA/OS/JOHANNS/TERPSTRA;
USDA/FAS FOR OA/YOST;
OCRA/CURTIS
ONA/RIEMENSCHNEIDER
FAA/YOUNG;
EU POSTS PASS TO AGRICULTURE AND ECON
GENEVA FOR USTR, ALSO AGRICULTURE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD TBIO FR
SUBJECT: France raises AI vigilance level
UNCLAS PARIS 000483
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS PASS USEU FOR AGMINCOUNSELOR
STATE FOR OES; EUR/ERA AND EB(XXX???); EUR/??; OES/IHA; STATE ALSO
FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTION GROUP; HHS LEIGH SAWYER
STATE PASS USTR FOR MURPHY;
USDA/OS/JOHANNS/TERPSTRA;
USDA/FAS FOR OA/YOST;
OCRA/CURTIS
ONA/RIEMENSCHNEIDER
FAA/YOUNG;
EU POSTS PASS TO AGRICULTURE AND ECON
GENEVA FOR USTR, ALSO AGRICULTURE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD TBIO FR
SUBJECT: France raises AI vigilance level
1. On February 5th, following the announcement by UK's DEFRA of the
first reported case of AI in a commercial turkey farm in Great
Britain, the French Ministry of Agriculture raised its AI risk
assessment and vigilance from level 2 (negligible risk) to level 3
(low risk). Impacts of this change include the prohibition on the
transportation and use of live decoy ducks for hunting. Release of
courier pigeons, which may fly over countries with declared AI
cases, is also prohibited. The French government is asking that all
sightings of dead birds be reported to either the local fire station
or to local veterinary authorities. A post-mortem examination will
be performed on any bird whose death looks suspicious.
2. Impacts do not include the confinement of commercial birds yet
but the French government continues to watch the AI situation in
European countries very closely. Additional precautions may be
forthcoming.
3. As of February 6, imports of UK poultry meat are not prohibited.
In 2006, France imported approximately 30,000 MT of poultry meat
(mostly frozen and fresh chicken parts) valued at $62 million.
4. It is too early to evaluate the impact on the French poultry
consumer due to the UK case, which was widely reported by the media,
especially TV. The discovery of AI in a commercial poultry
operation in France in 2006 led to an immediate drop in French
poultry consumption in excess of 30 percent. Consumption has now,
more or less, returned to its pre-AI level.
Stapleton
SIPDIS
BRUSSELS PASS USEU FOR AGMINCOUNSELOR
STATE FOR OES; EUR/ERA AND EB(XXX???); EUR/??; OES/IHA; STATE ALSO
FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTION GROUP; HHS LEIGH SAWYER
STATE PASS USTR FOR MURPHY;
USDA/OS/JOHANNS/TERPSTRA;
USDA/FAS FOR OA/YOST;
OCRA/CURTIS
ONA/RIEMENSCHNEIDER
FAA/YOUNG;
EU POSTS PASS TO AGRICULTURE AND ECON
GENEVA FOR USTR, ALSO AGRICULTURE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAGR ETRD TBIO FR
SUBJECT: France raises AI vigilance level
1. On February 5th, following the announcement by UK's DEFRA of the
first reported case of AI in a commercial turkey farm in Great
Britain, the French Ministry of Agriculture raised its AI risk
assessment and vigilance from level 2 (negligible risk) to level 3
(low risk). Impacts of this change include the prohibition on the
transportation and use of live decoy ducks for hunting. Release of
courier pigeons, which may fly over countries with declared AI
cases, is also prohibited. The French government is asking that all
sightings of dead birds be reported to either the local fire station
or to local veterinary authorities. A post-mortem examination will
be performed on any bird whose death looks suspicious.
2. Impacts do not include the confinement of commercial birds yet
but the French government continues to watch the AI situation in
European countries very closely. Additional precautions may be
forthcoming.
3. As of February 6, imports of UK poultry meat are not prohibited.
In 2006, France imported approximately 30,000 MT of poultry meat
(mostly frozen and fresh chicken parts) valued at $62 million.
4. It is too early to evaluate the impact on the French poultry
consumer due to the UK case, which was widely reported by the media,
especially TV. The discovery of AI in a commercial poultry
operation in France in 2006 led to an immediate drop in French
poultry consumption in excess of 30 percent. Consumption has now,
more or less, returned to its pre-AI level.
Stapleton