PR lifts ban on chicken imports

[NewsWhore]

Agriculture Minister Salvador Jimenez welcomed the decision made by Puerto Rico to lift its temporary ban on importing Dominican chickens and expressed hopes that Haiti would soon follow suit. PR authorities had banned Dominican chicken exports last week after cases of Avian flu were detected in fighting cocks in Higuey and Santiago. Jimenez said that investigations by the health authorities revealed that there wasn't a bird flu outbreak, which led to the lifting of the ban.

More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)