Hong Kong has banned the import of
poultry eggs from Cambodia, following the outbreak of highly pathogenic
H5N1 avian influenza in an Cambodian village.
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and
Environmental Hygiene Department received notification from the World
Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on January 31 of the outbreak and
immediately imposed the ban.
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.
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.
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