Avian influenza outbreak in the United States

Introduction: according to Xinhua news agency, Tokyo, April 3 - McDonald's Japan announced on April 3 that in view of the outbreak of bird flu in some parts of the United States and the questionable quality of chicken, McDonald's Japan continued to stop selling "McNuggets" in its thousands of branches McDonald's has more than 3800 stores in Japan, and most of the chicken products they sell come from Virginia in the United States After the outbreak of bird flu in some parts of Virginia, the Japanese government banned the import of all American chicken products on March 18 McDonald's Japan also immediately stopped selling "McNuggets" The Japanese government's ban was lifted on March 29, and chicken products are considered safe in all parts of the United States except Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maine But McDonald's Japan's decision to stop selling has not changed So far, 90% of McDonald's's more than 3800 stores in Japan have stopped selling "McNuggets" A spokesman for the company said that it was prudent to stop selling "McNuggets" If chicken from other places can keep up with the supply, McDonald's will resume selling "McNuggets" by the end of this month According to the World Health Organization, avian influenza generally does not pose a threat to human beings, and processed chicken pieces do not cause human diseases But in 1997, the same bird flu virus killed six people and sickened dozens in Hong Kong Hong Kong also slaughtered 1.4 million chickens (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: