1.   Because they are supposed to prod the company into policing itself, federal inspectors said they were ordered not to take diseased chicken off the production line.

2.   But they said it did not mean that people would automatically get the virus if diseased chickens were present.

3.   Dr Daniel Lavanchy, the head of the influenza program for the World Health Organisation, said people could contract bird flu from diseased chickens in markets.

4.   Russian inspectors allegedly found diseased chickens from those four states.

5.   Tests are continuing to determine whether contact with blood or droppings from a diseased chicken might lead to infection.

6.   Virus testing equipment which arrived from the United States on Monday will indicate to Agriculture and Fisheries Department officials whether any of the Hong Kong farms have diseased chickens.