The BAPHIQ confirmed Miaoli low pathogenic avian influenza
22:15:02
(Central News Agency reporter Lin Huijun Taipei 21) Council of Agriculture, Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, officials said today, last week informed the OIE (OIE) Penghu and Miaoli occurred the low pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza in Hong Kong to ban on the import of eggs. Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety, said today that it received the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) communications, and poultry farms in Miaoli County, Taiwan and Penghu outbreak of H5N2 avian influenza, Hong Kong instant prohibit Miaoli County of eggs imported. As for the eggs of Penghu County on November 23, 2012 banned the import. Council of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Deputy Secretary Huang Guoqing said late Penghu This briefing cases 2 and 3 cases, is not the first time in Hong Kong after the first case of the outbreak last year banned the import; Miaoli this is the first times there is an outbreak, today announced that prohibit the import.Huang Guoqing said, other non-epidemic origin of the eggs can still be exported to Hong Kong. http://www.cna.com.tw/News/aFE/201301210315-1.aspx
Miaoli: in early avian flu cases are not stuffed epidemic
2013/01/21 22:20:11
(January 21, 2013, Central News Agency reporters Huang Jingong, Long Ruiyun roundup) Miaoli County Agriculture Deputy Director Lin Chengqing today said that the discovery of avian flu cases in the county early, private farming, poultry products are not sold in foreign nor epidemic. Foreign news reports, the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety has received the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) of the poultry farm in Miaoli County, Taiwan and Penghu H5N2 avian influenza outbreak in Hong Kong with immediate effect prohibited the import of eggs of the Miaoli County, Penghu avian ban on the import of eggs in November last year. In Miaoli County's seized medical examination on January 4, according to the announcement of the Council of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, the H5N2 avian influenza virus, identified as low-pathogenic avian influenza in the 18th; December last year, Penghu detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza After completed culling and disinfection. The BAPHIQ are following provisions Bulletin of the World Animal Health Organization (OIE). Lin Chengqing early January of this year, the specimen is from an individual poultry farms, which only a dozen of poultry, meat and eggs abroad has not been sold, did not cause outbreaks, the Agriculture Department to dosing.
