A confirmed case of avian influenza in Hunan Province
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Last Update: 2008-11-03
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: chinanews.com, October 26, a spokesman for the Hong Kong health, welfare and Food Bureau said Friday that in view of the confirmed H5N1 avian influenza case in Hunan Province, it announced an immediate suspension of processing the import application of live birds and poultry meat in Hunan Province A spokesman said he received a notice from the Ministry of agriculture on the afternoon of the 25th, saying that chickens and ducks died in Wantang village, Shebu Town, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province It is understood that a total of 687 chickens and ducks suffered from the disease, of which 545 died A total of 2487 birds were destroyed At present, Hong Kong has no imported poultry or live birds from Hunan Province, the spokesman said If we receive the application for importing poultry meat from Hunan Province, we will not deal with it for the time being to ensure food safety, and we will watch the development of the situation in the coming weeks In addition, the spokesman said he was aware of cases of avian influenza in Turkey, Romania and Croatia He pointed out that since Hong Kong and the three countries do not have arrangements for the import of poultry or live birds, there has been no import from the region in the past, and the SAR government will not process the relevant import and re export applications.
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