Holbaek municipality in Denmark and Japan’s Iwate prefecture have been hit by outbreaks of highly pathogenic strains
Traders had been instructed to suspend the imports to protect public health, it said.
The precautionary move follows notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries confirming outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 and H5 strains of avian influenza respectively.
Hong Kong imported 2,390 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and nearly 298 million eggs from Japan last year, according to the Census and Statistics Department.
The city imported about 450 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and 210,000 eggs from Denmark last year.
