Chicken imports from Lisbon are banned in Hong Kong

Published 2022년 2월 10일

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Hong Kong has halted the importation of chicken and eggs from Portugal due to outbreaks of avian influenza, with the city already suspending imports from certain districts and not importing any poultry products from Portugal in 2021. The Hong Kong Center for Food Safety is monitoring the situation, which was worsened by a recent outbreak in a turkey and chicken farm in Torres Vedras, Lisbon. The Portuguese Director-General for Food and Veterinary Medicine (DGAV) announced the detection of bird flu in other districts and farms since December 2, but assures that there is no evidence of the virus being transmitted to humans through the consumption of poultry products.

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Hong Kong had already suspended the importation of chicken from the Santarém district, in January, and from the Leiria district, on December 28, due to outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza. The city did not import chicken meat or eggs from Portugal in 2021, he indicated in the same note. The Hong Kong Center for Food Safety said it had already contacted the Portuguese authorities and would monitor the situation. On Saturday, the Portuguese Directorate-General for Food and Veterinary Medicine (DGAV) announced that an outbreak of bird flu was detected in a turkey and chicken farm in the parish of A-dos-Cunhados, in the municipality of Torres Vedras, in the district of Lisbon . In January, the DGAV announced that outbreaks of bird flu had been detected, both in livestock farms and in wild animals, in the districts of Setúbal and Santarém. Avian ...

Source: Avicultura Industrial