China - Shenzhen upgrading poultry slaughtering and sales methods in fight against bird flu, Guangdong province - May 30, 2016 H5N1? H5N6? H7N9?

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City complete live poultry stall operators upgrading new poultry restricted zone

May 30, 2016, the Municipal Food Safety Office, led the organization municipal economic and trade commission, the municipal health Family Planning Commission, the Municipal market and quality control committee, the city's Municipal Urban Management Bureau and other poultry "centralized slaughtering, cold chain distribution, fresh listing" work members of the unit, the joint city's major media, Baoan District, Dapeng New District centralized poultry slaughtering work carried out on-site inspections. Focus on examination of the organization of live poultry business district expanded working area limitation leadership, advocacy, driven funding arrangements, the transformation of the market stalls, fresh poultry products market supply, illegal sales, slaughter live poultry investigation and so on. It is reported that, as of May 31, 2016, Bao'an District, Longgang District, Guangming New District, Dapeng New District of live poultry stall operators to complete the upgrade. Futian District, the first pilot centralized poultry slaughtering Chickens in the traditional concept of the Chinese people, the holidays are an essential food. In recent years, with the development of science and technology and to improve disease prevention knowledge, studies have shown, the live bird has a high risk of spreading avian influenza, bird flu incidence many cases are live birds have been in contact with. To this end, Shenzhen to carry out poultry "centralized slaughtering, cold chain distribution, fresh listing", the provincial government is the prevention and control of avian influenza and zhttp://szsb.sznews.com/html/2016-06/01/content_3538515.htm

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