France experienced a bird flu scare after an outbreak of the lethal disease in February 2006 in the eastern Ain region. It was quickly contained with authorities slaughtering survivors among the ...

PARIS – France on Friday tightened sanitary measures and restricted movement of poultry across part of the southwest as it tries to contain its first bird flu ... which is made from duck or ...

Due to bird flu scare, France's foie gras industry is struggling with a 25 percent drop in production of the controversial delicacy. Jean-Jacques Caspari of the foie gras industry association ...

The French foie gras industry is reportedly struggling with the ban on production after a bird flu scare, with warnings ... in 18 departments of south west France were banned from having ducks ...

Foie gras, seen as a must in most French households over France at Christmas and New Year, is made out of the fattened ... expect to recover from a bird influenza scare that erupted in November ...

Veterinary experts in France say 4,000 chickens on a north-eastern farm did not die of bird flu. The chickens probably suffocated when a ventilation problem caused overheating in the chicken shed at ...

France has introduced a three-month ban on the production of foie gras following a bird flu scare. The new legislation means 18 regions will not be able to keep ducks or geese in their ...