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Hong Kong | Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Korea, UK, US and Canada suspended

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (April 12) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency about outbreaks of highl

Apr 13, 2022

Hong Kong | Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Canada and Japan suspended

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (April 11) that in view of a notification from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in

Apr 12, 2022

GACC | Emergency Preventive Measures against 3 Brazilian Companies

On April 8, 2022, the General Administration of Customs took emergency preventive measures against 3 Brazilian companies, due to the positive nucleic acid test of SARS-Cov-2 in 3 samples of 3 batches of frozen meat from Brazil. The national customs suspen

Apr 08, 2022

Hong Kong | Packaging sample of imported frozen ox offal tests positive for COVID-19 virus

A spokesman for the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (April 6) that the CFS received test reports from the Department of Health that one packaging sample of imported frozen ox offal was found to be p

Apr 08, 2022

Hong Kong | Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Canada and France suspended

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (March 30) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Wel

Mar 31, 2022

GACC | Emergency Preventive Measures against an Australian Company

On March 29, 2022, the General Administration of Customs took emergency preventive measures against an Australian company, due to the positive nucleic acid test of SARS-Cov-2 in a sample of a batch of frozen bone-in lamb belly from Australia. The national

Mar 29, 2022

Hong Kong | Import of poultry meat and products from areas in UK and Japan suspended

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (March 28) that in view of a notification from the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Aberde

Mar 29, 2022

Hong Kong | Import of poultry meat and products from areas in US suspended

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (March 25) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Di

Mar 29, 2022

Public Comments on 8 Meat Association Standards

On March 25, the China Meat Association issued a notice for public comments on 8 group standards including General Requirements for Digital Workshops in the Meat Industry. The feedback is until April 25, 2022.3月25日,中国肉类协会发布关于《肉类行业数字化车间 通用要求》等8项团体标准公开征求意见的

Mar 28, 2022

Japan publishes soy-based imitation meat foods standard

On February 24, 2022, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries issued the Standard for Soy-Based Imitation Meat Foods (Standard No. JAS0019-2022). The main contents of the standard include the definition of soy-based imitation meat foo

Feb 28, 2022