Announcement of partial lifting of suspension of import of Chinese poultry and meat in Japan

Introduction: the production bureau of Japan's Ministry of agriculture, forestry and Fisheries issued a notice on August 7 The contents of the notice on the partial lifting of the suspension of the import of Chinese poultry and meat are as follows: 1 In early June, we obtained the information that domestic poultry and meat produced in South Korea contain avian influenza virus (H5N1) A moratorium on imports began on June 8, before confirming the cleanliness of poultry meat produced in China 2 This time, animal husbandry experts were sent to China for investigation On the basis of the results of investigation on the cleanness of poultry from Chinese farms in Hong Kong and the opinions of experts mainly from Japan Veterinary Association, the risk of poultry epidemic introduced into China through import was evaluated 3 The results are as follows: if the import suspension is lifted, the risk of poultry epidemic is very small Therefore, from this day on, we will notify all authorities to lift the import suspension measures for Chinese chicken and turkey meat 4 In addition, as for domestic poultry, live poultry and young poultry other than chicken and turkey meat, their purity is not as good as chicken and turkey meat In addition, considering the fact that avian influenza virus was isolated from Chinese goose in 1966, some risk reduction measures should be added while lifting the import suspension measures Therefore, during the period of agreement with the Chinese government on these measures, the import of domestic poultry, live poultry and young poultry other than chicken and turkey meat will continue to be suspended 5 For the sake of prudence, within three months after the lifting of the import suspension measures, a certain proportion of the poultry meat produced in China shall be subject to strict spot check in addition to the original certificate inspection (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: