Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Poultry Market cleaned and disinfected
21/12/2011 7:08 AM
Dead chickens in Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Poultry Market, confirmed cases of H5N1 avian influenza. The government to enhance the level of avian influenza to severe, and adopted a series of control measures, including today to stop the importation of live chickens 21, cease operation until the market next month ten 2.
Department at the Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Poultry Market this morning to clean the disinfection, AFCD staff early this morning around 8:30, the venue will destroy 17,000 chickens.
Secretary for Food and Health York Chow said, not yet traced the source of the infected dead chickens, nor rule out the possibility of infected chickens out of the market, but as long as cooked thoroughly before consumption risk is not high.
He added that prior to the seizure of two dead birds and dead chickens in the wholesale market, are infected with bird flu, I believe Hong Kong's avian flu in the winter at high risk.http://www.metroradio.com.hk/997/News/Default.aspx?NewsID=844b3515-d830-4ed5-b852-63518e776985
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