date:May 13, 2015
HONG KONG, May 12 -- Hong Kong authorities announced Tuesday that they have banned the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from Whitley County in the United States, Nahouri Province in Burkina Faso and Balikesir Province in Turkey.
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) of Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said that in view of a notification from the U.S. authorities about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in Whitley County in the state