New testing standards may raise the price of live chickens in Hong Kong
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Last Update: 2002-09-10
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: Hong Kong Standard reports that in order to prevent the outbreak of new avian influenza in Hong Kong, live chickens exported to Hong Kong must have registered trademarks The administrative measures require that the trademark of exported chicken must be registered with the Ministry of Commerce of China Prior to registration, these commodities must be subject to strict testing standards, including the certification provided by the farms approved by the import and export inspection and quarantine bureau that there has been no outbreak of avian influenza, and the farms have produced no less than 600000 chickens per year in the past two years The president of the Cheng Sha Wan chicken wholesale Federation said the change will lead to a rise in the price of live chickens and no improvement in the quality, because "money can solve the problem of registered trademarks", and the ultimate goal is to make Hong Kong buy more frozen chickens, rather than live chickens In the first seven months of this year, Hong Kong imported about 19 million live chickens from the mainland, including freight costs worth HK $400 million The annual quota for live chickens imported into Hong Kong is 30 million.
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