Re: avian flu spreading fast, was changes in food

Janet Baraclough wrote:

   The bad news is, that because our legal import system is highly
regulated,  we also have a large number of  smuggled exotic bird (and
animal)  imports which bypass quarantine entirely.

I've read a little about the bush meat problem. The profit margin has to be pretty low on bush meat, so the only way to make it worth while is to import a heck of a lot.

That implies a pretty porous border. I won't go into the forbidden subject <G>. (Has Scotland outlawed sharp pencils yet?)

gd&r
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