September 2, 2014
By Greg Knowler
Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) (click here) has banned the import of poultry meat and products into the territory from Salem County, New Jersey, following an outbreak of avian influenza in the U.S. state.
By Greg Knowler
Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) (click here) has banned the import of poultry meat and products into the territory from Salem County, New Jersey, following an outbreak of avian influenza in the U.S. state.
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) issued a notice of the the “low pathogenic H7 avian influenza” outbreak, prompting the immediate banning action by the unit of Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.
A CFS spokesman said about 150,000 tons of poultry meat, 8 tons of chilled poultry meat, and 600 million eggs were imported into Hong Kong from the U.S. last year....
