Health & Community

Yamaguchi poultry banned

(December 30, 2014)

The Centre for Food Safety today banned the import of poultry meat and products, including poultry eggs, from Japan’s Yamaguchi prefecture with immediate effect.
 
The ban was implemented after Japan announced the outbreak of H5 avian influenza in the area.
 
The centre has contacted Japanese authorities on the outbreak and will monitor information issued by the World Organisation for Animal Health.
 
More than 4,600 tonnes of frozen and chilled poultry meat and 17.7 million poultry eggs were imported from Japan from January to October.