Ban on import of the Netherlands poultry meat out of highly pathogenic avian influenza
Chicken Egg
Published Oct 31, 2020
Tridge summary
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Go Eun-ji = The import of poultry meat from the Netherlands was banned from the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 30th that the Netherlands announced that H5 type highly pathogenic AI was confirmed at a broiler farm in the southeastern province of Gelderland, promptly banning the import of poultry meat such as Dutch chickens and ducks. The targets of the import ban are live poultry (including pet and wild birds), poultry fresh autumn (chick), poultry breeding eggs and edible eggs, poultry meat and poultry products such as chicken and duck. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food explained that it has decided to continue strengthening border quarantine because highly pathogenic AI has been confirmed in wild birds in Bonggangcheon, Cheonan City, Chungnam, Cheongmicheon, Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province, and disease outbreaks are increasing in neighboring countries such as China and Taiwan. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food also urged overseas travelers to refrain from visiting livestock facilities and cooperate to prevent illegally carrying livestock products into Korea.
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