Reinforcement of quarantine measures following the detection of avian influenza genes in heat-treated poultry meat from China

Quarantine Headquarters orders all detected quantities to be returned and discarded Not allowed to circulate domestically The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (hereinafter referred to as "Quarantine Headquarters") announced that it has detected the avian influenza (AI) gene in 21.8 tons of heat-treated poultry meat and duck ham imported from China on the 2nd, and has taken measures to discard and return the entire quantity, and will strengthen quarantine on heat-treated poultry meat imported from China. According to the Quarantine Headquarters, the quantity in question was not circulated domestically, and this detection is of the gene, not the live avian influenza (AI) virus. The Quarantine Headquarters clarified that infection cannot occur with the gene alone, and the heat-treated poultry meat in which the avian influenza gene was detected was produced in a facility located near a facility in Inner Mongolia, China, where imports had been suspended since the detection of the ...