Poultry import ban could end next month

The ban on imported live poultry could end next month as authorities in Macau and Zhuhai negotiate how best to resume imports and sales. According to local media, Ung Sau Hong from the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau said talks between the two sides are “going well” but so far no date has been decided upon for lifting the ban.
The aim is to reduce the number of times authorities here impose a ban on the import of live poultry from mainland China. Local quarantine authority Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau pledged in early April that it would draw more samples for inspection of the H5-type and H7-type virus when resuming live poultry imports. Last month’s volume of resumed imports were less than the daily average of 7,000 to 8,000 live poultry imported prior to the ban; authorities are also limiting the supply from Zhuhai to only two breeding farms, the Bureau disclosed.