Follow Hong Kong Investment Immigration and Hong Kong News: Due to a notification from the European Commission confirming an outbreak of low pathogenic H5 avian influenza at a poultry farm in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy Region, Italy, the Centre for Food Safety of Hong Kong announced on the 16th that it has banned the import of poultry meat and poultry products (including poultry eggs) from the region with immediate effect to protect public health and animal hygiene in Hong Kong.
A spokesperson for the Centre for Food Safety stated that Hong Kong imported approximately 2,000 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and 120,000 poultry eggs from Italy last year. The ban on the import of poultry meat and poultry products (including poultry eggs) from the Emilia-Romagna Region of Italy, which has been in effect since August 17 this year, remains in force.
The spokesperson said that the Centre for Food Safety has contacted the Italian authorities regarding the incident and will continue to closely monitor information issued by the European Commission concerning avian influenza in the country, taking appropriate action based on the development of the local epidemic situation.