Joint U.N. and WHO statement asserts that cooked chicken and poultry are safe to eat

Chicken and other poultry are safe to eat if cooked properly, according to a joint statement by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued to national food safety authorities. However, no birds from flocks with disease should enter the food chain.

Zuhal Daştan who claimed that there were no Bird Flu viruses found in their integrated plants stated: “It is needless to make up disaster scenarios”

President of Healthy Chicken Meat Information Platform Zuhal Daştan noted that up until now they have not encountered any bird flu virus in a plant where integrated chicken production takes place and he said that disaster scenarios were concocted and an unnecessary panic was created, disregarding the declarations of the World Health Organization and scientists...

Turkish Ministry of Agriculture is working to fight against the bird flu

In response to the threat paused by the bird flu, The Ministry of Agriculture is undertaking activities including the improvement of laboratory diagnostic facilities, the identification of reference labs, the undertaking of preparations regarding typing and pathogicity testing, AI-based scanning of materials suspected of respiratory system diseases, and conducting informative and awareness raising activities targeting the poultry industry, universities and other interested parties...

Further statements on the Bird Flu issued by EFSA

In January 2004, EFSA has published a darft declaration, stating that there is no evidence of the Bird Flu virus propagating via the food chain:
(http://www.efsa.eu.int/press_room/press_statements/
40/pressrel_biohaz_ahaw_01_en_amended_27jan1.pdf)...

No bird is allowed to move in or out from the integrated premises.

Producers that are the members of the Healthy Chicken Meat Information Platform have promptly adopted the rules to be followed in the Warning Circular published by the Ministry of Agriculture to combat against the bird flu...

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): There is no evidence for Bird Flu infecting humans via food.

The discovery of the H5N1 Bird Flu at certain areas of continental Europe has been a cause of alarm for the public on the issue of the sanitary safety of poultry meat and eggs. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has declared that there is currently no evidence for bird flue infecting humans via poultry meat and eggs. EFSA has furthermore stated that, other than the already outlined sanitary measures for the proper preparation of poultry dishes, there is no need for any further precautions...