Hong Kong suspends poultry imports from four countries

CFS said the suspension is meant to protect public HEALTH in Hong Kong.

Suspended regions include Yaroslavl Oblast in RUSSIA, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France, Norfolk County in Ontario in CANADA, and North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom.

A CFS spokesman said Hong Kong has now established a protocol with Russia to import poultry MEAT but not eggs. According to the Department of Census and Statistics, in the first three months of this year, Hong Kong imported about 30 tons of frozen poultry meat from Russia, as well as about 90 tons of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 270,000 poultry eggs from France. In the first three months of this year, Hong Kong imported about 10 tons of chilled poultry meat and about 90,000 poultry eggs from the UK , while no poultry meat or eggs were imported into Hong Kong from Canada.

“CFS has contacted the Russian and French authorities regarding these matters and will closely monitor information released by WOAH and the relevant authorities regarding outbreaks of avian influenza. Appropriate measures will be taken in response to the development of the situation,” a CFS spokesman said.