Macau (MNA) – The Chief Executive (CE), Fernando Chui Sai On, has abolished a ban set in 2004 for live poultry products originating from Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Taiwan as well as Chinese regions Guangxi, Hubei and Hunan, according to a dispatch in the Official Gazette on Monday.
The ban, which was put in place due to the spread of the H5N1 virus, or avian flu in 2003, covers poultry, wild birds, chicks, eggs, fresh, chilled and internal organs of poultry and bird-derived products.
Imports will now be allowed under the following conditions, namely, that the products should be sourced from approved poultry farms, processing plants and will have to undergo a quarantine process which will be supervised by qualified veterinarians.
The order will be implemented on February 18.
