The Hong Kong Center for Food Safety (CFS) announced Friday that
the processing of applications for importing poultry and poultry
products from the Republic of Hungary will be suspended with
immediate effect.
"The decision was taken following confirmation of an outbreak of
the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 in a poultry farm in the
country," a CFS spokesman said.
"We will seek further information about the case from the
Hungarian authorities," he said.
Hong Kong imported some 1,200 tons of frozen poultry meat and
offal from the Republic of Hungary last year.
(Xinhua News Agency January 27, 2007)