The next rest day for poultry stall operators falls on Wednesday, November 10, the Food & Environmental Hygiene Department says.

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

All poultry stall retailers are urged to strictly observe the rest day conditions. They 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 poultry outlet on the day. Failure to comply with the rest day conditions will lead to immediate cancellation of fresh provision shop licences or termination of market stall tenancies.