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 The government on ghd hair straighteners Thursday banned the import of poultry products from Israel amid reports of a bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm, according to a senior official.

“After the Israeli veterinary authorities announced that avian flu was discovered in the Umm Al Fahm area, the Ministry of Agriculture suspended imports of poultry from Israel,” Agriculture Minister Saeed Masri told The Jordan Times yesterday, adding that the Kingdom only imports minced turkey used in the manufacture of mortadella.

“The move is a precautionary measure as the minced turkey is treated at very high temperatures that eliminate the virus,” he noted, stressing Mbt that import licences were also suspended.

Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported that about 43,000 fowl were destroyed yesterday, after some were diagnosed with avian flu. The agriculture ministry announced a quarantine in all poultry enclosures within a 10-kilometre radius of the area ghd hair straighteners and lab samples were collected from 120 bird flocks, the report said.

Meanwhile, Masri highlighted measures to be taken by the concerned authorities to prevent the outbreak of the disease in Jordan.

“Intensive field visits will be carried MBT Shoeout to poultry farms across the Kingdom, particularly in areas located near the Israeli border to prevent the occurrence of the disease in the country,” he underlined.

In 2006, reports that Jordan imported minced turkey from Israel in the midst of a bird flu outbreak prompted several deputies to call for the impeachment of the agriculture minister at that time.

Responding to MPs’ remarks, the government decided to impound the consignment and a subsequent investigation proved that the shipment of Mbt shoes four trucks of turkey was imported from Israel prior to the outbreak of the avian flu.

At that time, the government also decided to ban the import of poultry from infected countries, suspending imports from non-infected Mbt countries for one month.