Hong Kong's food safety authority decided on Tuesday to suspend the import of poultry meat and products from different areas in Poland, South Korea and Ukraine due to the bird flu outbreaks.
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said this was in view of notifications from the General Veterinary Inspectorate of Poland and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of South Korea respectively about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in Kłodzko District of Dolnośląskie Region and Pisz District of Warmińsko-Mazurskie Region in Poland, and in Gurye-gun of Jeollanam-do Province, Yesan-gun of Chungcheongnam-do Province and Gyeongju-si of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province in South Korea.
Another notification was from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza in Kyiv Oblast in Ukraine.
The CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products, including poultry eggs, from these areas with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.
