Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Marek Sawicki of Poland
Polish Agriculture minister Marek Sawicki said Monday the situation on turkey farms in central Poland, where the bird flu virus had been detected last week, was "stable.
It is too early to estimate the losses but they will amount to at least several million zlotys, Sawicki was quoted by Polish news agency PAP as saying.
Ahead of the announcement by EU lawyers, Polish Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said the new centre-right government was planning to give way and allow GMO seeds by changing a law that was to come into effect in August.
Vittorio Hernandez - AHN News Writer Mazowsze, Poland (AHN) - Polish Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said Monday the bird flu virus detected last week on a turkey farm near Plock is under control.
Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said the H5N1 virus was found on two turkey farms in the villages of Uniejewo and Mysliborzyce near Plock, 60 miles northwest of Warsaw, Polish Radio reported Monday.
Sawicki said about 4,000 turkeys were culled in the Plock region and transport of fowl and meat was banned.
Polish Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki was to visit Moscow Wednesday for talks with his Russian counterpart Aleksei Gordeyev on the meat ban issue, Polish Radio said Tuesday.
Sawicki received an invitation from Russian Agricultural Minister Alexei Gordeyev, ministry spokeswoman Malgorzata Ksiazyk told AFP.
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A memorandum signed by the European Union and Russia opens the Russian market to all Polish plant, vegetable and fruit products, and closes the negotiations on trade between Poland and Russia, as well as within the European Union, Polish Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said on a PR1 radio interview on Friday.
WARSAW, Nov 3, 2007 -- Polish Agriculture minister Marek Sawicki said Monday the situation on turkey farms in central Poland, where the bird flu virus had been detected last week, was stable.
Comtex Global News via NewsEdge Corporation : WARSAW, Nov 3, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Polish Agriculture minister Marek Sawicki said Monday the situation on turkey farms in central Poland, where the bird flu virus had been detected last week, was "stable.
Sawicki said it is crucial for farmers' competitiveness on the European Union's common market but admitted he was facing opposition from the environment ministry that points to moral aspects and the lack of social acceptance for GMO products.
If the decision is made sooner, fishermen will be allowed back after the protective season Sawicki said at a press conference in Brussels.