Singapore will lift its ban on poultry imports from two states in neighbouring Malaysia after the country declared itself free of bird flu.

Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) says it will allow poultry from Malaysia's Perak and Selangor states into Singapore.

Indonesia has dropped its ban on the importation of poultry products from Malaysia
Associated Press

A statement from the AVA says it is satisfied Malaysia has implement international standard disease prevention and control measures that have effectively eliminated bird flu from its poultry.

Singapore imposed the ban in March after an outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus was discovered in the northern state of Perak.

The ban on central Selangor state was enforced in February.

Malaysia has declared itself free of bird flu after detecting no fresh outbreaks in more than three months.

Before the poultry ban was imposed, Selangor supplied about three per cent of Singapore's eggs, while Perak provided 80 percent of its ducks.

Nearly 130 people have died of bird flu around the world since late 2003, the vast majority of them in Asia.