Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food
and Environmental Hygiene Department received notification from the
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) today (January 31) that there
have been outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a
village in Cambodia. The CFS announced that import of poultry eggs from
Cambodia is banned with immediate effect for the protection of Hong
Kong's public health.
A CFS spokesman said Hong Kong does not
import any live poultry or poultry meat from Cambodia, but, according to
records, about 170 000 poultry eggs were imported into Hong Kong from
Cambodia last year.
"We will closely monitor information issued
by the OIE on the avian influenza outbreak and the latest situation in
Cambodia, and will maintain close contact with major local egg
importers, distributors and supermarkets," the spokesman said.
Source: HKSAR Government
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