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South Korean poultry imports banned: Japan
After the recent discovery in South Korea of a
suspected case of bird flu, Japan has suspended poultry imports from the
country, according to a Japanese official.
A Japanese official from the
Ministry of Agriculture said that Japan, as a rule, stops
importing poultry from countries where there is an actual or potential case of
bird flu.
Last year, Japan imported a total of 1,500 tonnes of fresh and processed
poultry and duck meat from South Korea (around 0.2 percent of Japan's total
global imports), the official said.
The
current
outbreak, if confirmed, would be the country's first case of bird flu in
around three years.
A South Korean ministry official said about 6,000 chickens at a farm in
North Cholla province had died this week. The remaining 6,000 or so poultry at
the farm would now be culled.
Editor WorldPoultry
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