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Article: Japan resumes poultry imports from the Netherlands after confirming bird flu safeguards
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- June 22, 2004
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AP Worldstream
06-22-2004
Dateline: TOKYO
Japan resumed poultry imports from the Netherlands on Tuesday after confirming that the European country has reported no new cases of bird flu for three months.
Japan imposed the ban on March 17 immediately after Dutch officials notified Japan of possible avian influenza outbreaks on two farms in the Netherlands.
Tuesday's import resumption comes 90 days after Dutch authorities completed necessary quarantine measures, with no new cases of bird flu reported there, the agriculture ministry said.
Japan now bans poultry meat imports from 13 countries where avian flue has struck, including the United States and Canada.