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[Hong Kong: Suspended import of poultry meat and poultry products from parts of South Korea and the United States] November 9th, according to the press release of the Hong Kong SAR Government, the Center for Food Safety of the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on November 9th that in response to a notification from the World Organization for Animal Health, South Korea Due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N9 avian influenza in Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province, and the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in some areas of the United States, the Center immediately instructed the industry to suspend the import of poultry meat and poultry products (including poultry eggs) from the relevant areas to protect public health. According to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 80 tonnes of chilled poultry meat and about 11.48 million poultry eggs from South Korea in the first nine months of this year, and imported about 33,270 tonnes of chilled and chilled poultry meat and about 92.33 million poultry eggs from the United States.
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