Food Standards Agency update on avian flu, UK

The Food Standards Agency considers that the outbreak of avian (bird) flu in Turkey does not pose a food safety risk for UK consumers.



For people, the risk of catching the disease comes from being in close contact with live poultry that have the disease, and not through eating poultry.


There have been no reports of people handling poultry meat getting infected. Poultry can include chicken, duck, goose, turkey and guinea fowl.


-- Imports and avian (bird) flu


-- Department of Health


-- Health Protection Agency


FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY