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Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Sweden, Denmark and Spain suspended
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     The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 31) that in view of notifications from the Swedish Board of Agriculture, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in the Municipality of Sjöbo in Sweden, the Lemvig Municipality in Denmark and the Province of Lleida of Catalonia in Spain respectively, 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.

     A CFS spokesman said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, in the first nine months of this year, Hong Kong imported about 20 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from Sweden; about 230 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 180 000 poultry eggs from Denmark; and about 70 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 80 000 poultry eggs from Spain.

     "The CFS has contacted the Swedish, Danish and Spanish authorities over the issues and will closely monitor information issued by the WOAH and the relevant authorities on the avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation," the spokesman said.
 
Ends/Wednesday, December 31, 2025
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