[Hong Kong suspends imports of poultry meat and poultry products from Kittitas County, Washington State, United States] November 2, 2020 The Center for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of Hong Kong announced today (November 2) that in response to a notification from the World Organization for Animal Health regarding an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Kittitas County, Washington State, United States, the Center immediately instructed the industry to suspend the import of poultry meat and poultry products (including poultry eggs) from the area to protect public health in Hong Kong. A spokesman for the CFS said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 33,270 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 92.33 million poultry eggs from the United States in the first nine months of this year. The spokesman said that the CFS has contacted the US authorities regarding the incident and will continue to closely monitor information on the outbreak of avian influenza from the World Organization for Animal Health and relevant authorities, so as to take appropriate actions as the local epidemic develops.