Poultry imports from Danish city halted
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The food safety authority of China鈥檚 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region yesterday announced that it was suspending the imports of poultry products from Denmark鈥檚 southern Middelfart Municipality.
The Center for Food Safety of the Hong Kong SAR government鈥檚 Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said in view of a notification from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of low pathogenic H7 avian influenza in Middelfart Municipality, it has instructed that import of poultry meat and products, including poultry eggs, from the area should be suspended with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.
A CFS spokesman said Hong Kong imported about 1,340 tons of frozen poultry meat and about 1.56 million poultry eggs from Denmark last year.
鈥淭he CFS has contacted the Danish authorities over the issue and will closely monitor information issued by the OIE on avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation,鈥 the spokesman said.
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