Suspensions are as a result of presence of avian influenza
30 August 2024
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Hong Kong’s Centre for Meals Security (CFS) of the Meals and Environmental Hygiene Division introduced earlier this week the suspension of poultry imports from areas in France, Poland and the US. CFS cited the presence of avian influenza and defending human well being as the explanations behind the suspensions.
The suspensions are in response to notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Well being (WOAH) about an outbreak of extremely pathogenic H5 avian influenza in Morbihan Division in France, and outbreaks of extremely pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Świebodziński District of Lubuskie Area in Poland and Hillsborough County of the State of Florida in the US.
A CFS spokesperson stated that based on the Census and Statistics Division, Hong Kong imported about 830 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 110,000 poultry eggs from France, about 1,620 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from Poland, and about 40 950 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 13.86 million poultry eggs from the US within the first six months of this yr.
“The CFS has contacted the French, Polish and American authorities over the problems and can carefully monitor data issued by the WOAH and the related authorities on the avian influenza outbreaks,” the spokesperson stated. “Applicable motion will likely be taken in response to the event of the scenario.”
