‘Properly cooked poultry safe for consumption,’ says Centre amid bird flu scare

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KEY STORY

  • New Delhi: The Central government on Friday announced that the country is effectively controlling the outbreak of bird flu and directed the state governments to allow the selling of poultry and poultry products from areas/states free of bird flu.

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  • In an official release, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying stated, “The country has been effectively controlling the disease. It was reiterated that the virus gets destroyed easily at 70 degrees Centigrade and therefore, properly cooked poultry and poultry products are safe for human consumption.”
  • The ministry also said that states have been requested to instruct the authorities concerned not to impose a ban and allow the sale of poultry and poultry products sourced from flu-free areas/states.
    “As of 15 January, 2021, Avian Influenza (AI) has been confirmed in wild birds in Burhanpur, Rajgarh, Dindori, Chhindwara, Mandla, Harda, Dhar, Sagar, and Satna districts of Madhya Pradesh (crows and pigeons); Dehradun district of Uttarakhand (Crows and Kite); Rohini in Delhi (crow) and Jaipur Zoo in Rajasthan (Duck and Black Stork),” added the ministry.
  • The government confirmed that it is making efforts to remove misinformation about the bird flu among the people and taking other steps for general public awareness regarding the disease.

CONCLUSION

  • The ministry also wrote to Chief Secretaries/Administrators of states/UTs that the bird flu is not new to the country as it has been reported every year since 2006.
  • Meanwhile, the government yesterday confirmed the avian influenza outbreak in Chhattisgarh as well, which took the total number of affected states to 11.
  • Besides Chhattisgarh, the disease has been confirmed in Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat.

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