Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Canada, Poland and UK suspended

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The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 1) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in areas in Canada, Poland and the United Kingdom (UK) respectively, the CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from the above-mentioned areas with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.

The relevant areas are as follows:

Canada
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Province of Alberta
(1) Lethbridge County

Province of Saskatchewan
(2) Rural Municipality of Fish Creek No. 402

(3) Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344

Province of Québec
(4) Val-d'Or City

Poland
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Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region
(5) Chełmno District

UK
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Kent County
(6) Folkestone and Hythe District

Lincolnshire County
(7) West Lindsey District

(8) Suffolk County

A CFS spokesman said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, in the first nine months of this year, while no poultry meat or eggs were imported into Hong Kong from Canada, Hong Kong imported about 1 870 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from Poland, and about 770 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 1.17 million poultry eggs from the UK.

"The CFS has contacted the Canadian, Polish and British authorities over the issues and will closely monitor information issued by the WOAH 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, December 1, 2025
Issued at HKT 18:50

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