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Article: Hong Kong bans poultry imports in face of bird flu
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 21, 2005
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Hong Kong bans poultry imports in face of bird flu
HONG KONG, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The government of Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region Monday banned poultry imports from China's
Inner Mongolia and Canada's British Columbia as a precaution against
bird flu outbreaks confirmed in the two places.
The government has suspended the processing of applications for
the importation of poultry and poultry meat from the entire Inner
Mongolia with immediate effect, a spokesman for the Health, Welfare
and Food Bureau announced on Monday night.
In addition, the ...