Import of poultry meat and products from Letsemeng Local Municipality in South Africa suspended (22.2.2019)
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (February 22) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of low pathogenic H7N2 avian influenza in Letsemeng Local Municipality in South Africa, the CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from the area with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.
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Preparedness Plan for Influenza Pandemic 2012
Global statistics of avian influenza
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