Import of poultry meat and products from areas in UK, Korea, Denmark and Hungary suspended
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A CFS spokesman said that Hong Kong has currently established a protocol with Hungary for the import of poultry meat but not for poultry eggs. According to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 8,700 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 330,000 poultry eggs from the UK; about 740 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 8.9 million poultry eggs from Korea; about 1 150 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 1.3 million poultry eggs from Denmark; and about 712 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from Hungary in the first nine months of last year.
"The CFS has contacted the British, Korean, Danish and Hungarian authorities over the issues and will closely monitor information issued by the OIE and the relevant authorities on avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate actions will be taken in response to the development of the situation," the spokesman said.
Ends/Thursday, January 7, 2021
Issued at HKT 17:35
Issued at HKT 17:35
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