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Article: Japan suspends poultry imports from China due to bird flu
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- January 27, 2004
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Japan suspends poultry imports from China due to bird flu
TOKYO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries announced late Tuesday it has banned poultry
imports from China following confirmation of a bird flu case.
China confirmed in the day that the latest death of ducks in south
China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was caused by the bird flu
virus, but no infections in human beings have been found so far.
As of Tuesday, Japan has banned poultry imports from 12 ...