Rene
I don't know all the ins and outs of this, but Whiting is required to
include a health certificate with each batch of feather products they send
to Europe. That certificate should guarantee that the skins are of birds
that are free of avian bird flu. Luckily for them the disease has not
reached the States. But Whiting does experience some problems since
everybody here and in Asia is more than a little paranoid about this. And
Whiting sells a *lot* of feathers to the fly tying firms in the Far East.
Mart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rene Zillmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 9:20 PM
Subject: [VFB] Bird Flu and Hackle
Gang,
has anybody any information about new regulations / limitations due to the
outbreak of bird flu in Asia and Europe. Maybe some of you know that
finally this epidemic plague reached Europe with the migratory birds.
There are right now some limitations in place about the import of feathers
from Asia to Europe. There were rumors that say that this might impact the
'pillow industy', or whoever needs tons of feathers.
Is anything known if there are similar limitations if feathers are sent
from the US to Europe of vice versa? Any regulations on dry flies? Who
takes care of this? Customs?
Rene
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