香港暂停进口韩国涟川郡与美国六县的禽肉及禽类产品：涉高致病性禽流感疫情
香港 — 香港食物环境卫生署食物安全中心11月9日宣布，因应世界动物卫生组织通报，韩国京畿道涟川郡暴发高致病性H5N9禽流感，美国多地暴发高致病性H5N1禽流感，中心已指示业界即时暂停从相关地区进口禽肉及禽类产品，包括禽蛋，以保障香港公众健康。
受暂停影响的美国地区共六个县：北达科他州的迪基县（Dickey County）、明尼苏达州的罗索县（Roseau County）、内布拉斯加州的锡达县（Cedar County）、堪萨斯州的格里利县（Greeley County）、南达科他州的汉森县（Hanson County）与伊利诺伊州的克林顿县（Clinton County）。
食物安全中心发言人表示，据香港政府统计处数字，今年前九个月，香港从韩国进口约80吨冷冻禽肉和约1,148万只禽蛋，从美国进口约33,270吨冰鲜与冷冻禽肉和约9,233万只禽蛋。
中心表示已就事件联络韩国和美国当局，并会密切留意世界动物卫生组织及相关当局发出的禽流感消息，因应事态发展采取适当行动。（来源：香港食物安全中心）
Hong Kong Suspends Poultry Imports From Korea's Yeoncheon-gun and Six U.S. Counties Over Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
HONG KONG — The Centre for Food Safety of Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on November 9 that, in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N9 avian influenza in Yeoncheon-gun of Gyeonggi-do Province in Korea and outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in parts of the United States, it has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products, including poultry eggs, from the relevant areas with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.
The affected U.S. areas are six counties: Dickey County in North Dakota, Roseau County in Minnesota, Cedar County in Nebraska, Greeley County in Kansas, Hanson County in South Dakota and Clinton County in Illinois.
A Centre for Food Safety spokesman said that, according to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 80 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 11.48 million poultry eggs from Korea, and about 33,270 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 92.33 million poultry eggs from the United States in the first nine months of this year.
The centre said it has contacted the Korean and American authorities and will closely monitor information issued by the World Organisation for Animal Health and the relevant authorities, taking appropriate action in response to developments. (Source: Centre for Food Safety, Hong Kong)
来源：香港食物安全中心
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