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September 26/2024
Lay-offs cause delays in laboratory services
The Finnish Food Authority will temporarily lay off all its personnel in phases for two weeks at a time in late 2024. This is done in order to achieve our financial and operational adjustment target.…
Lay-offs cause delays in laboratory servicesSeptember 16/2024
Study: Eating domestic fish pays off
Press release 16 September 2024 from the Government's analysis, assessment and research activities (VN TEAS), Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry and Government Communications Department It is…
Study: Eating domestic fish pays offMay 17/2024
New monitoring of avian influenza to start at fur farms in June
New monitoring of avian influenza at fur farms will start in the first week of June. The monitoring will continue until the end of September. This is the period when the risk of infection from wild…
New monitoring of avian influenza to start at fur farms in JuneNovember 13/2023
Avian influenza found at ten fox farms
The survey of fox and raccoon dog farms that begun recently has found avian influenza at ten farms. The farms where the infectious were found are located in the five regions where avian influenza…
Avian influenza found at ten fox farmsOctober 10/2023
Avian influenza has so far been diagnosed in two fur farms during the surveys on mink farms
In the first results of the avian influenza survey of mink farms, avian influenza has been detected in two farms. Avian influenza was found in mink farms in the municipalities of Vöyri and Pedersöre…
Avian influenza has so far been diagnosed in two fur farms during the surveys on mink farmsSeptember 28/2023
A case of avian influenza in minks found in Northern Ostrobothnia
Avian influenza infection of fur animals has been found in farmed minks in Alavieska. This is the first case of avian influenza in a fur farm in Northern Ostrobothnia. The case shows that the risk of…
A case of avian influenza in minks found in Northern OstrobothniaSeptember 14/2023
Finnish Food Authority orders all animals to be culled at fur farms with avian influenza infections
The Finnish Food Authority is ordering all foxes and raccoon dogs to be culled at fur farms with diagnosed avian influenza infections. All mink at infected farms were ordered to be culled earlier. The…
Finnish Food Authority orders all animals to be culled at fur farms with avian influenza infectionsAugust 24/2023
Monitoring avian influenza at all fur farms starts from minks
At the beginning of September, the Finnish Food Authority will start monitoring avian influenza at all fur farms. In the first phase of monitoring, the occurrence of avian influenza virus in fur farm…
Monitoring avian influenza at all fur farms starts from minksAugust 2/2023
Bird hunting season is approaching – how to avoid avian influenza
The Finnish Food Authority recommends not hunting waterfowl in areas or places where mass deaths of birds have occurred or avian influenza has been detected. It is common to use dogs for hunting…
Bird hunting season is approaching – how to avoid avian influenza