Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Bans Imports of UK Poultry and Poultry Meat Due to Highly Pathogenic AI Outbreak

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[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] Imports of poultry and poultry meat from the United Kingdom, where highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) has occurred, have been banned.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced that highly pathogenic H5N8 AI was detected at a broiler breeder farm in Cheshire, northwest England, and from the 4th, imports of poultry and poultry meat from the UK will be prohibited.

The import ban applies to live poultry (including pet birds and wild birds), day-old chicks, hatching eggs and table eggs, poultry meat such as chicken and duck, and poultry products.

The Ministry has strengthened import quarantine measures such as virus testing for live poultry and birds due to the recent increase in highly pathogenic AI cases confirmed in various regions worldwide, including Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

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