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Listen to this siteOn the basis of current scientific evidence, the Food Standards Agency advice is that avian (bird) flu does not pose a food safety risk for UK consumers.
The Agency has thoroughly assessed the available evidence to establish its advice. This includes seeking the views of the independent Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF). The Agency's advice is supported by what's being issued by worldwide bodies such as the European Food Safety Agency and World Health Organization.
On the basis of current scientific evidence, our advice is that avian flu 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 cooked poultry or eggs.
The FSA asked the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF), which provides independent expert advice to Government on questions relating to microbiology and food, to consider recent developments since it last discussed avian, or bird, flu in 2003.
On this page you'll find links to other UK and international organisations with an interest in avian flu.
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