Dutch poultry banned

AMSTERDAM, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Five countries have banned imports of Dutch poultry and poultry products after the Netherlands found a low-pathogenic H7 bird flu strain at a farm last week, the Dutch agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. The countries are Russia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong, a ministry spokeswoman said. The Netherlands is one of the world's biggest poultry exporting country in the world and Europe's second biggest producer after France.

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