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Hong Kong to build central poultry processing unit
A central slaughtering plant is expected to be opened
in 2011/12 in Hong Kong, said Secretary for Food & Health Dr York
Chow.
Chow believes that central slaughtering is the best
way to lower the risk of bird flu outbreaks and safeguard public health. He also
stated that the government will assess the feasibility of daily chicken culls at
retail stalls and a voluntary licence surrender scheme for the live poultry
trade.
Avian influenza recently hit the country, resulting in the cull of
thousands of birds. Dr Chow says that this may have been caused by smuggled
poultry.
Editor WorldPoultry
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