Biosecurity

Brussels flags bio-security risks in poultry farms

The absence of pest-proof doors, high grass and trees growing around poultry farms, and material stored against the walls of poultry farms, which could attract rodents, are among the bio-security deficiencies flagged in an inspection by the European Commission’s Food Veterinary Organisation (FVO) in an audit carried out last January.

The report issued this week by the FVO claims that many of these shortcomings had not been identified or recorded by the official staff responsible for monitoring these farms. 

In other cases, some shortcomings, which had been recorded by officials during inspections, were still present at the time of the FVO visits.