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Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Italy and US suspended (31.3.2026)
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (March 31) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Metropolitan City of Florence in Tuscany Region in Italy, and Jay County of the State of Indiana, Kent County of the State of Michigan and Cecil County of the State of Maryland in the United States (US), 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.
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For more information on avian influenza, please visit the Centre for Health Protection thematic website at https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/24244.html |
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