Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Korea, Norway, Netherlands, Poland and Japan suspended
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A CFS spokesman said that Hong Kong currently has an established protocol with Norway for import of poultry meat but not for poultry eggs. According to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 10 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and 0.28 million poultry eggs from Korea; about 15 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from Norway; about 730 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from the Netherlands; about 4 070 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 24.82 million poultry eggs from Poland; and about 40 tonnes of chilled poultry meat, about 2 530 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 210.28 million poultry eggs from Japan in the first nine months of this year.
"The CFS has contacted the Korean, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish and Japanese authorities over the issues and will closely monitor information issued by the OIE and the relevant authorities on the avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation," the spokesman said.
Ends/Monday, November 15, 2021
Issued at HKT 18:12
Issued at HKT 18:12
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