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    French bird flu kills 2.5 million birds, Hong Kong suspends poultry imports from France!

    • Last Update: 2022-02-17
    • Source: Internet
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    On January 18 , the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety (CFS) under the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced the suspension of poultry imports from France .

     
    France's agriculture ministry said on Thursday that a total of 2.
    5 million birds would need to be killed as the country's southwest faces multiple outbreaks of bird flu ,Reuters reported
    .
     
    About 1.
    2 million have been culled, the ministry said, adding that another 1.
    3 million would still need to be killed as a precautionary measure to deal with the virus
    .
     
    The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as avian influenza, in Asia and Europe has drawn attention from governments and the poultry industry, following outbreaks that have resulted in the culling of tens of millions of birds and trade restrictions
    .
     
    On January 18, the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety (CFS) under the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced the suspension of poultry imports from France
    .
     
      The decision was made in light of recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in the French Pyrenees and Lot-et-Garonnes
    .
     
      Affected by the epidemic, the CFS has instructed merchants to suspend the import of poultry meat and poultry products, including poultry eggs, with immediate effect
    .
    The CFS said the move was to protect public health
    .
     
      According to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 40 tonnes of chilled poultry meat, about 3,920 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 240,000 eggs from France in the first nine months of last year, a CFS spokesman said
    .
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    France's agriculture ministry said on Thursday that a total of 2.
    5 million birds would need to be killed as the country's southwest faces multiple outbreaks of bird flu ,   Reuters reported
    .
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      About 1.
    2 million have been culled, the ministry said, adding that another 1.
    3 million would still need to be killed as a precautionary measure to deal with the virus
    .
     
      The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as avian influenza, in Asia and Europe has drawn attention from governments and the poultry industry, following outbreaks that have resulted in the culling of tens of millions of birds and trade restrictions
    .
     
      On January 18, the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety (CFS) under the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced the suspension of poultry imports from France
    .
     
      The decision was made in light of recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in the French Pyrenees and Lot-et-Garonnes
    .
     
      Affected by the epidemic, the CFS has instructed merchants to suspend the import of poultry meat and poultry products, including poultry eggs, with immediate effect
    .
    The CFS said the move was to protect public health
    .
     
      According to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 40 tonnes of chilled poultry meat, about 3,920 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 240,000 eggs from France in the first nine months of last year, a CFS spokesman said
    .
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