South Korea bans the import of Australian poultry, ostrich, and poultry meat
Turkey Meat
Published Aug 4, 2020
Tridge summary
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has banned the import of poultry, ostrich and poultry meat, such as chickens and ducks, from Australia due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Australia. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food's action is in response to an emergency report by the Australian Ministry of Agriculture to the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) on the 31st of last month that H7N7-type HPAI has been confirmed on a laying hen farm in southern Victoria. It is known that HPAI occurred in a farm that raised 43,500 hens in Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia, and the hens raised in the farm were killed and quarantined. The targets of the import ban are △live poultry (including pet birds and wild birds) △first fresh poultry (chick) △poultry breeding eggs, edible eggs △ostrich △poultry meat and poultry products such as chicken and duck meat. Australia's poultry and poultry meat imports are 69 chicken feet and 1622 tons (processing days: January 27, 2019 to June 26, 2022), turkey meat 2 cases and 2 tons (processing dates: January 10 to December 24, 2019), and 1 parrot 15 cases. Marie, etc.
Original content
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has banned the import of poultry, ostrich and poultry meat, such as chickens and ducks, from Australia due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Australia. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food's action is in response to an emergency report by the Australian Ministry of Agriculture to the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) on the 31st of last month that H7N7-type HPAI has been confirmed on a laying hen farm in southern Victoria. It is known that HPAI occurred in a farm that raised 43,500 hens in Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia, and the hens raised in the farm were killed and quarantined. The targets of the import ban are △live poultry (including pet birds and wild birds) △first fresh poultry (chick) △poultry breeding eggs, edible eggs △ostrich △poultry meat and poultry products such as chicken and duck meat. Australia's poultry and poultry meat imports are 69 chicken feet and 1622 tons (processing ...
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