We don't think anyone should be restricting exports of poultry because poultry is perfectly safe. There is no bird flu on poultry farms in Europe except on one turkey farm in France, where all the birds have been slaughtered.

There is no bird flu in commercial stocks.

At the moment Switzerland's goal is protecting its poultry from bird flu.

Our goal was that poultry would not get infected by bird flu and we were successful in this.

It's not a surprise. It shows that China like other countries that have bird flu in poultry can have human cases.

However, if bird flu results in a permanent reduction in world poultry production, an increase in red meat production might eventually be required, resulting in increased feed consumption in the long term. Domestic demand prospects also remain strong due to increasing livestock production and expanding ethanol production. These developments should support increased corn consumption well beyond the 2005-06 marketing year.