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Ammon News - The Secretary General Assistant for marketing at the Ministry of Agriculture, Hazem Samadi, confirmed that Jordan does not import any “poultry products” from France.

“Poultry imports from France have been suspended since 2021, when some risks associated with avian influenza appeared”, Samadi said in a statement to Ammon.

He explained that "the veterinary department in the Ministry of Agriculture takes samples from animals in farms and markets, in addition to imported meat, poultry and their products, and carries out epidemiological monitoring of all diseases. Source integrity checks.

He pointed out that any country whose food source is suspected, whether it is poultry or meat, etc., is prohibited from being imported until the situation improves and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) accredits it and lifts the ban on it, with the continuation of the usual laboratory tests, in order to ensure the safety and security of food and the health of the Jordanian citizen.

It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Agriculture in France announced Wednesday, that the spread of avian influenza has accelerated during the past weeks in the country, which is the second largest producer of poultry in the European Union, which raises fears of a further shortage.