Japan stopped importing poultry from Taiwan, and poultry, etc.

Release Time :2010-01-28

January 22, 2010, the Japanese Agriculture Ministry news: because of the Taiwan Council of Agriculture said the discovery of avian flu in Taiwan (H5N2 subtype), so from the date of cessation of imports from Taiwan and other poultry and poultry meat.
1, the matter after
Taiwan Council of Agriculture, said January 22, in the central Taiwan's Changhua County on the implementation of supervision, make sure the chicken bird flu (H5N2 subtype).
2, the future response
Affected by this, to ensure that the disease is not spreading to China, from the immediate effect to stop from importing poultry and poultry meat products in Taiwan. Notification to the relevant agencies, also demanded that the Taiwan Council of Agriculture to provide more information.
* To stop importing country or region from the occurrence of poultry, poultry and so on, is to prevent domestic poultry infected with avian flu, not because the food hygiene reasons.