Hong Kong will accept import applications from 24 days after lifting the ban on pork imports from the mainland

Introduction: Beijing, Aug 23 (Xinhua) -- Li Changjiang, director of the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine, and Zhou Yiyue, director of the health, welfare and Food Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government jointly said on the afternoon of August 23 that the two sides will further strengthen cooperation to ensure food safety in Hong Kong Zhou also announced that it will accept pork import applications from Sichuan, Henan and Shenzhen from the 24th                                               Since the human and pig Streptococcosis occurred in some areas of Sichuan Province in July, the mainland has taken timely preventive protection measures, suspended the pork supply port in Sichuan Province, strengthened the epidemic monitoring and quarantine supervision of pig breeding, pork processing and export in the mainland, and sent an inspection team to Sichuan for inspection and guidance In early August, the Hong Kong SAR government also sent personnel to Hunan, Guangdong and Shenzhen to inspect relevant pig breeding and processing enterprises Yue said on Monday that in view of the effective control of Streptococcus suis in Sichuan and the satisfactory results of the field visit by the Hong Kong food and environment department, the SAR government announced that it would accept the import application of Sichuan pork from August 24 For the case of pork recycling in Shenzhen on August 15, Li Changjiang said it was a preventive measure taken after Shenzhen found suspected Streptococcus suis disease in pigs purchased from Henan Province at that time, but it has been excluded after verification Zhou Yiyue said he would resume and accept applications for the import of pigs and pork from Henan and Shenzhen as of Thursday.