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Article: HK opens border to live chickens
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- April 21, 2004
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A batch of 2,000 live chickens from a company in Shenzhen was
shipped to Hong Kong yesterday marking the resumption of mainland
live poultry shipments banned since the bird flu outbreak.
The batch from South China's Guangdong Province was the first to
be sent to Hong Kong after 80 days.
A total of 6,000 live chickens were offered to Hong Kong by the
Chinese mainland yesterday, according to the General Administration
of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.
Hong Kong announced last Thursday it would resume imports for
three days on a trial basis.
Meanwhile, officials said no new bird flu cases have been found on
the mainland since the country lifted restrictions of the last two ...