Hong Kong suspends imports of poultry and poultry products from certain regions of the United States

According to Golden Ten Data on March 9, the Food Safety Center of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced today that, in response to a report from the World Organisation for Animal Health regarding an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in certain regions of the United States, the Center has immediately instructed the industry to suspend the import of poultry meat and poultry products (including eggs) from the affected areas in order to protect public health in Hong Kong.