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China seeks greater regulation of live poultry marketsPosted Nov 30th 2006 6:35PM by Joe DiStefanoFiled under: Poultry, Far East, Health & MedicalIn an effort to combat bird flu China announced this week that it wants to eventually phase out live poultry markets. The country's State Council seeks to ban new markets, according to Chinadaily.The Council is also calling for existing poultry markets to be moved from highly populated areas. It also called upon local governments to ensure that sanitation standards were being followed.While live poultry markets are popular throughout Asia, they are widely recognized as having the potential to spread avian flu. According to the official Xinhua news agency, China has had to eliminate 47,000 birds during 10 outbreaks over the course of this year. Since the end of 2003, 21 people have caught the disease and 14 have died.
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