Eggs, Chicken Meat Safe Despite Mexico Bird Flu Prensa Latina
go to original July 9, 2012

Two men prepare chicken meat at a local market of Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on July 7, 2012. According to Health Authorities, the consumption of egg or chicken products does not represent any risks for human health. The outbreak of the H7N3 bird flu virus, that infected chickens in Mexico, hasn't affected human beings, local authorities said. (Xinhua/Pedro Mera)

The supply of eggs and chicken meat in Mexico is guaranteed today, despite the outbreak of H7N3 avian flu that was detected in 24 farms in Tepatitlán and Acatic in the state of Jalisco, authorities reported.

The national chicken production is supported by four cycles of fattening. There are eleven hundred million fattening. There is no shortage of eggs or meat, said Enrique Sanchez, director of the National Quality System and Food Safety.

At this moment 129 poultry farms with a population of nearly 14 million birds.went on a detailed check up. 987,701 chicken were slaughtered and a high number of sick birds were detected in four of them.

The country awaits the arrival of a batch of two million vaccines from Asia, but it works to achieve the antidote of national brand.

We could have about 80 million doses in August, to the end of July we would have the first from Mexican laboratories, announced Hugo Fragoso, president of the National Animal Health.

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