China’s suspends poultry imports from Ireland due to bird flu

cde.news desk 25 December 2020, 09:09 · 1 min read

epa04530794 (FILE) Japanese health authorities collect blood samples from chickens at a quarantined farm following an outbreak of bird flu in Miyazaki province, in this handout photo released by Miyazaki Prefectural Government 17 January 2007. Authorities culled about 4,000 chickens in south-western Japan early 16 December 2014 after a highly pathogenic strain of H5 avian influenza was found in three birds, local media reported. Miyazaki prefectural officials culled all the chickens at a farm in Nobeoka city, the country's top poultry producing region, the Kyodo News agency reported. The local government told nearby poultry farms to restrict the movements of livestock. EPA/MIYAZAKI PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT EDITORIAL USE ONLY HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) – China has banned poultry imports from Ireland due to highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu, General administration of customs said in a statement on Friday.

The trade move, which is effective Dec. 25, was made to protect the country’s animal husbandry sector, the statement said.

China has reported an outbreak of H5N8 bird flu in swans in the northern province of Shanxi. (Reporting by Shivani Singh and Hallie Gu Editing by Shri Navaratnam)

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