Republic of Hungary poultry meat imports suspended
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    The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department's Centre for Food Safety announced today (June 13) that the processing of applications for importing poultry meat from the Republic of Hungary would be suspended with immediate effect.

     "The decision was made following the confirmation of an outbreak of avian influenza H5 in a poultry farm in the Republic of Hungary," a spokesman for the centre said.

     "We are seeking further information from the relevant authorities concerning the case," he said.

     Hong Kong imported some 2,200 tonnes of frozen poultry meat/offal from the Republic of Hungary in 2005.

Ends/Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Issued at HKT 18:29

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