On March 13, 2023, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China (MARA) announced that the Argentine government had recently reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) an outbreak of H5 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza in its poultry farms. In order to protect the safety of China's livestock industry and prevent the spread of the epidemic, it is prohibited to import poultry and related products from Argentina directly or indirectly (products derived from unprocessed poultry or products that have the potential to spread the epidemic despite being processed).

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