Due to the Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic AI, Prohibition of Import for Poultry and Poultry Meat from Denmark and France
Public Relations Division
2020.11.07
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□ Due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic aviation influenza (HPAI and H5N8) at the poultry farms in Denmark and France, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has prohibited (11.17) the import of poultry and poultry meat from these countries.○ (Promotion methods) TV(SBS), online publicity via the official MAFRA homepage, Facebook, and YouTube channel (November 16 – December 31).

○ As highly pathogenic AI has been recently confirmed in Europe and Japan continuously, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has announced the reinforcement of the fast collection of and analysis on overseas information along with the precision test on AI in import poultry and birds.