Taiwan bans imports of live poultry from Netherlands over bird flu
Shelly Chen
Published 2020년 10월 30일
Taiwan has imposed a ban on live poultry imports from the Netherlands on October 30, 2020, after removing it from the list of countries free of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ) under the Council of Agriculture.
In a statement released on October 30, 2020, the BAPHIQ cited the Netherlands Food, Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) as saying that the authorities in the Netherlands announced October 29, 2020, a cull of 35,700 broiler chickens in the eastern town of Altforst after the contagious H5N2 strain of avian flu was detected there.
According to the NVWA, a transportation ban was imposed for eggs, live birds and other farm products within a 10-kilometer radius of the infected farm in Altforst, while animals are also being tested for avian flu in nine other poultry farms within a three-kilometer radius of the affected farm.
The BAPHIQ said the ban, which aims to prevent Taiwan from the highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu, covers live poultry, eggs and fertilizer containing poultry manure as ingredients.
Hsu Jung-pin, deputy director-general of BAPHIQ, said that live poultry and fertilizer from the Netherlands are expected to feel most of the pinch resulting from the ban imposed by Taiwan.
According to Hsu, since 2018, Taiwan has imported 63,306 chicks and 183 other live poultry from the Netherlands, while having bought 11,518 metric tons of fertilizer containing poultry manure from the European country.
Taiwan does not allow poultry meat imports from the Netherlands, Hsu said.
BAPHIQ quoted data compiled by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) as saying that in addition to the Netherlands, countries such as Russia, Israel, Kazakhstan and Vietnam also reported bird flu infections earlier this month.
On Oct. 21, South Korean authorities confirmed H5N8 avian flu infections among wild birds in Cheonan, south of Seoul, BAPHIQ said.
The pathogenic avian flu is very contagious and can cause severe illness and even death in poultry.
In a statement released on October 30, 2020, the BAPHIQ cited the Netherlands Food, Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) as saying that the authorities in the Netherlands announced October 29, 2020, a cull of 35,700 broiler chickens in the eastern town of Altforst after the contagious H5N2 strain of avian flu was detected there.
According to the NVWA, a transportation ban was imposed for eggs, live birds and other farm products within a 10-kilometer radius of the infected farm in Altforst, while animals are also being tested for avian flu in nine other poultry farms within a three-kilometer radius of the affected farm.
The BAPHIQ said the ban, which aims to prevent Taiwan from the highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu, covers live poultry, eggs and fertilizer containing poultry manure as ingredients.
Hsu Jung-pin, deputy director-general of BAPHIQ, said that live poultry and fertilizer from the Netherlands are expected to feel most of the pinch resulting from the ban imposed by Taiwan.
According to Hsu, since 2018, Taiwan has imported 63,306 chicks and 183 other live poultry from the Netherlands, while having bought 11,518 metric tons of fertilizer containing poultry manure from the European country.
Taiwan does not allow poultry meat imports from the Netherlands, Hsu said.
BAPHIQ quoted data compiled by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) as saying that in addition to the Netherlands, countries such as Russia, Israel, Kazakhstan and Vietnam also reported bird flu infections earlier this month.
On Oct. 21, South Korean authorities confirmed H5N8 avian flu infections among wild birds in Cheonan, south of Seoul, BAPHIQ said.
The pathogenic avian flu is very contagious and can cause severe illness and even death in poultry.
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