Guidance

Bird flu: table of key dates for when control zones are declared

This table of key dates shows the dates for when an avian influenza control zone is declared around a premises.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 27 May 2026

Applies to England and Wales

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This table of key dates shows the dates for when an avian influenza control zone is declared around a premises estimated by a veterinary inspector as being the earliest date of infection.

Read our guidance on the rules on meat produced from poultry and farmed game birds originating in disease control zones.

Published 27 May 2026