Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Korea suspended (8.7.2025)
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 8) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Gimhae-si of Gyeongsangnam-do Province and Gangjin-gun of Jeollanam-do Province in Korea, 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.
