All imports of domestic and wild birds, their products and by-products from Nigeria are prohibited with immediate effect.

The need to keep domestic birds away from wild birds has been widely recognized and efforts to do so have been implemented in many countries.

All the swill from aircraft arriving from Nigeria shall be adequately incinerated and the aircraft adequately disinfected.

A number of samples have to be taken from both wild and domestic birds in each member state, and the type of tests that will be done.

The immediate effect this has on 'Misconceptions' is that we know going in that we won't be getting the promotional ad dollars that normally accompany a midseason launch.

We now announce the results carried out so far as negative for avian influenza.