Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Korea suspended

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     The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 16) that in view of a notification from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of Korea about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in areas in Korea, the CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from the relevant areas with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong. The list of areas is in the Annex.

     A CFS spokesman said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 10 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 3.5 million poultry eggs from Korea in the first nine months of this year.

     "The CFS has contacted the Korean authority over the issue and will closely monitor information issued by the World Organisation for Animal Health 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/Friday, December 16, 2022
Issued at HKT 18:15

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