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ThePoultrySite Latest News
Friday, July 25, 2008
Live Poultry Trade Buy-out Plan to Proceed HONG KONG - Secretary for Food & Health Dr York Chow has confirmed the Government will proceed to implement the live poultry trade buy-out - even though fewer than 85% of retailers have applied to surrender their licences.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Deadline Today for Live Chicken Trade HONG KONG - Steven Wong Wai-chuen, chairman of the Hong Kong Poultry Wholesalers and Retailers Association, has made a call for poultry dealers to surrender their licences.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Poultry Deal Goes to the Wire HONG KONG - Just about one-third of poultry retailers have come upon an agreement to surrender licences three days prior to the deadline.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
No Change to Poultry Licence Buy-back HONG KONG - Secretary for Food & Health Dr York Chow has no plan to lower the 85 per cent retail trader participation target for launching the live poultry trade buy-out scheme.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Bird Flu Vaccine Less Effective, Warns Expert HONG KONG - A poultry vaccine developed to protect chickens from the H5 strain of the avian flu virus has become less effective over the past seven years of use.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Live Birds Back on Sale HONG KONG - Hong Kong's retail markets have started to sell live birds again as outlets start to pass the government hygiene inspections following the ban because of bird flu.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Overnight Live Poultry Retail Outlawed in Hong Kong HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government gazetted Friday the Food Business Regulation 2008 which requires no live poultry be kept at retail outlets overnight to protect public health and further reduce the risk posed by avian...
Thursday, June 26, 2008
HK Traders Look More Likely to Accept Deal HONG KONG - Poultry traders are moving closer to accepting a government compensation offer to give up their licences amid pressure from retailers who are close to agreeing a similar deal.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Poultry Industry Offered One Billion in Compensation HONG KONG - Government's final offer could spell an end to the live chicken trade.
Live Chicken Sales To Re-start HONG KONG - Providing that daily cleansing is implemented at each retail site, live chicken sales may soon resume.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Government Offers Poultry Sellers One Billion HONG KONG - Government has offered HKD1 billion to compensate for stopping live bird sales.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Government to Take Over Chicken Trade? HONG KONG - Poultry workers are demanding three billion compensation for the withdrawal of live bird licences.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Hong Kong Sets Safeguards Against Bird Flu HONG KONG - Hong Kong's top health official has said that the risk of avian influenza spreading is low thanks to the city's safeguards against the disease following a bird flu outbreak at a duck farm in neighboring Guangdong Province.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Bird Flu Infections Force Ban on Imports HONG KONG - Imports of live poultry and other products from Xinhui, Jiangmen in Guangdong have been suspended for 21 days.
Live Chicken Labelling as AI Measure? HONG KONG - Vendors have suggested using labels for live chickens
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Bird Flu Cull Moves Over Marketplace HONG KONG - Health authorities in Hong Kong announced on Wednesday that they would slaughter all live chickens in the retail markets following further reported cases of H5N1 infections among the poultry on the market.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
H5N1 found in Hong Kong Market HONG KONG - Hong Kong health authorities closed down a poultry market here Saturday after excrement samples collected from hencoops at the marketplace were confirmed infected with the deadly strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus, writes Du Guodong, Xinhua....
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
1 Year Later: German Poultry Back in Hong Kong HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety has accepted the import of German poultry meats once more.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Hong Kong Prepared for H5N1 HONG KONG - Following the confirmation of the suspected human case of avian influenza H5N1 in Haifeng, Shanwei in Guangdong Province by the Ministry of Health, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government ( HKSARG ) would from today ( February...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
HK back to Processing Saskatchewan Applications HONG KONG - The Center for Food Safety (CFS) of Hong Kong announced Wednesday that applications for import poultry from the province of Saskatchewan, Canada would resume with immediate effect.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Hong Kong Poultry Rest Day on Saturday HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Food & Environmental Hygiene Department has reminded poultry retailers and the public the next rest day falls on February 9.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Suspicion of Bird Flu in Ocean Park HONG KONG - Ocean Park, one of Hong Kong's favorite tourism attractions, announced on Thursday that it would shut down its walk-through aviaries for 21 days after a dead bird found in the park was suspected of infecting H5 bird flu virus.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Hong Kong has Many Eyes on Poultry Smuggling HONG KONG - To ensure the foods available in Hong Kong markets are free of hazardous substances - including the avian influenza virus - the Government has set out stringent health measures and standards on locally produced food items and those imported...
Monday, December 24, 2007
HK - Next poultry rest day, 27th December HONG KONG - The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department reminds poultry retailers and the public that the next rest day falls on December 27.
