Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Italy, Germany, Poland and Japan suspended

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     The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 24) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in the Province of Pistoia of Tuscany Region in Italy, the District of Nordsachsen of the State of Sachsen in Germany, and Słupsk District of Pomorskie Region in Poland; and an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza in Kyoto Prefecture in Japan, 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.

     A CFS spokesman said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 90 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 9 000 poultry eggs from Italy; about 60 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from Germany; about 1 870 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from Poland; and about 1 540 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 219.73 million poultry eggs from Japan in the first nine months of this year.

     "The CFS has contacted the Italian, German, Polish and Japanese 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/Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Issued at HKT 17:13

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