Russia and Ukraine closed their borders to Hungarian poultry products on Friday, joining Serbia and Croatia, which had imposed a ban earlier this week amid fears of bird flu spread, Hungary's news agency MTI reported.

Romania's animal hygiene and food safety authority announced on Friday that it would abide by a European Union decision to limit poultry imports from Hungary to the actual area where bird flu was discovered earlier this week, and would not introduce further restrictions.

The European Union said on Friday that member countries must not introduce a full ban on poultry imports from Hungary.

The Brussels Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCFCAH) approved the measures introduced by Hungary against the outbreak of bird flu, saying they were in full compliance with those included in the guidelines against bird flu and no further restrictions were justified.

Source: Xinhua