The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department reminds poultry stall operators and the public that the coming Rest Day falls on August 10.

On the rest day, operators of market poultry stalls and fresh provision shops must slaughter all live poultry remaining on their premises before noon, and suspend business in the afternoon and evening to carry out thorough cleaning and disinfection.

Stall owners and licensees must not remove any live poultry from their premises to avoid slaughtering of the unsold live poultry before the start of the rest day.

Department staff will inspect each outlet. Failure to comply with rest day conditions will lead to immediate cancellation of fresh provision shop licences or termination of market stall tenancies.

Live poultry will still be on sale in markets in the morning, but none will be sold from noon until the next morning.