Hong Kong halts poultry imports over avian flu
Bans affect shipments from France, Korea and Japan
18 December 2025
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By: Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department suspended the import of poultry meat and products, including eggs, from regions in France, Korea and Japan due to outbreaks of avian influenza. CFS said its aim is to protect public health in Hong Kong, according the government release.
A CFS spokesperson said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, in the first nine months of this year, Hong Kong imported about 830 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 50,000 poultry eggs from France. It also imported about 350 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 26.14 million poultry eggs from Korea, and about 1,540 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 219.73 million poultry eggs from Japan.
"The CFS has contacted the French, Korean and Japanese authorities over the issues and will closely monitor information issued by the WOAH and the relevant authorities on the avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation," the spokesperson said.
