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China to ban more poultry
imports from countries with bird flu outbreak
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[December 21, 2016]
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will ban
imports of poultry and related products from countries where there are
outbreaks of highly pathogenic bird flu, the agency that oversees safety
of the country's imports said on Wednesday.
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 China has already banned poultry imports from more than 60
countries. The statement, sent by the General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine to Reuters, comes as
South Korea battles its worst-ever outbreak of bird flu.
About 20 million birds, nearly a quarter of South Korea's poultry
stock, have been culled to control the outbreak. The disease has
spread to other parts of Asia, including Japan.
(Reporting by Hallie Gu and Josephine Mason; Editing by Manolo
Serapio Jr.)
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