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HONG KONG - Sales of live local chicken resumed on February 19 after being suspended for 21 days as a result of the detection of H7 flu virus in live chicken samples drawn from a shipment of imports from China in late January.
However, the ban on live chicken imports from China will continue for four months because the Hong Kong government (HKG) has decided to hold future imported live poultry at a site before avian influenza test results are available and this site is yet to be identified and installed with facilities.
This measure is to prevent imported supplies to get mixed with local chickens at the only wholesale market before the former is confirmed free of avian influenza virus. The HKG expects to take four months to have the site identified and prepared for full operation. Meanwhile, the importation of chilled chicken and day-old chicks to Hong Kong is not affected by this extended 4-month ban.
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However, the ban on live chicken imports from China will continue for four months because the Hong Kong government (HKG) has decided to hold future imported live poultry at a site before avian influenza test results are available and this site is yet to be identified and installed with facilities.
This measure is to prevent imported supplies to get mixed with local chickens at the only wholesale market before the former is confirmed free of avian influenza virus. The HKG expects to take four months to have the site identified and prepared for full operation. Meanwhile, the importation of chilled chicken and day-old chicks to Hong Kong is not affected by this extended 4-month ban.
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