Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Denmark, Spain and Poland suspended

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The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 23) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and the General Veterinary Inspectorate of Poland respectively about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Lolland Municipality in Denmark, Valladolid Province of Castilla y Leon in Spain and Ostrzeszowski District of Wielkopolskie Region and Tomaszowski District of Lodzkie Region in Poland, 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, Hong Kong imported about 1 240 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from Denmark, about 150 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 38 000 poultry eggs from Spain and about 2 000 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 15.4 million poultry eggs from Poland in the first nine months of this year.

"The CFS has contacted the Danish, Spanish and Polish 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/Friday, December 23, 2022
Issued at HKT 16:25

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