Hong Kong halts poultry imports from Torino, Italy
Suspension due to avian influenza
7 February 2025
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By: Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced yesterday the suspension of poultry meat and products, including eggs, from Torino, Italy.
The suspension comes in light of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza. CFS cited the protection of public health as its main goal.
A CFS spokesperson said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 150 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 40,000 poultry eggs from Italy last year.
"The CFS has contacted the Italian authority over the issue and will closely monitor information issued by the WOAH and the relevant authorities on the avian influenza outbreak," the spokesperson said. "Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation."
