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Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Denmark suspended *******************************************************************      ​The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (February 6) that in view of a notification from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Aabenraa Municipality and Sorø Municipality in Denmark, 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 ... Read more

Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Germany and Poland suspended ******************************************************************************      The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 11) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in the District of Dillingen an der Donau of the State of Bayern in Germany and the Lubartowski District of Lubelskie Region in Poland, 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 ... Read more

Import of poultry meat and products from Blouberg Local Municipality of Limpopo Province in South Africa suspended ******************************************************************************************      ​​The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 4) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H7N6 avian influenza in Blouberg Local Municipality of Limpopo Province in South Africa, the CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products from the area with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.      A CFS spokesman said ... Read more

Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Netherlands and Denmark suspended ***********************************************************************************      ​The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 23) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Noord-Holland Province in the Netherlands and Tønder Municipality in Denmark 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 ... Read more

Import of poultry meat and products from areas in US suspended **************************************************************      The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 6) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Chilton County of the State of Alabama; Beadle County, Clark County and Hanson County of the State of South Dakota; Merced County of the State of California; and Pocahontas County of the State of Iowa in the United States (US), the CFS has instructed the trade ... Read more