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Hong Kong halts poultry imports from the UK

Hong Kong has temporarily suspended poultry imports from the UK after outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (AI) in Cheshire County and Staffordshire...

Hong Kong suspends poultry imports from UK, Canada over AI

Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) on April 11 suspended imports of poultry meat and products, including eggs, from regions in the UK...

Hong Kong reports ASF outbreak, pigs culled

A Hong Kong pig farm near the China border has been hit by ASF. The infected farm in Sheung Shui is a licensed farm...

Hong Kong to import more pigs from Southeast Asia

Hong Kong authorities are looking for pig suppliers from Southeast Asia after shrinking supply from mainland China jacked up pork prices to USD 20/kg....

H3N8 detected live poultry markets, farms in Hong Kong

Thomas HC Sit and his team from the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the University of Hong Kong reported detection...

Hong Kong big importer of Japan’s chicken meat

Hong Kong accounted for 60% of the approximately 5300 tons of chicken meat, including low-grade parts, that Japan shipped in 2021. As of end-August,...

Fukuei posts chicken meat export jump

Fukuei, a farm cooperative in Fukuoka prefecture in Western Japan, posted a 50% yoy jump in April-August shipments of its Hakata Jidori chicken meat...

Nichirei steps up chicken exports to Hong Kong

Japan’s Nichirei Fresh is stepping up exports of its Junwakei chicken, a cross of pure Japanese breeds, to Hong Kong. The food processor has...

Japanese chicken meat popular in Hong Kong

Japanese chicken meat is popular in Hong Kong, where people who have visited the country remain big fans of Japanese food. Chicken thighs from...

NH Foods ships chicken meat to Hong Kong

Japan’s chicken processor NH Foods is expanding exports, beginning with shipments of chicken meat under the Sakurahime brand to Hong Kong this month. The...

75% of HK’s hotel groups commit to using cage-free eggs

A new report released by Lever Foundation said that 21 (75%) of Hong Kong’s hotel groups have set a timeline for using only cage-free...

WH Group profits up 7.2% as ASF wanes

Hong Kong-based WH Group reported a 7.2% year-on-year (yoy) increase in profit in 2021 as the impacts of ASF have subsided. The meatpacker sold...

Indonesia’s salted fish export volume drops by 36%

Indonesia’s salted fish exports decreased by 36.54% to 8960 tons in the first 11 months of last year, the National Statistics Agency reported. It...

Hong Kong bans poultry imports from French regions

Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has suspended poultry imports from regions in France. The decision was considering recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic...

Hong Kong bans poultry imports from Poland due to AI

Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) recently announced that it will suspend imports of poultry products, including meat and eggs, from parts of...

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