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Seoul bans imports of Chinese chicken, duck products

South Korea imposed an import ban on Chinese chicken and duck products on JAn. 28 after China acknowledged an outbreak of avian flu on Tuesday, according to agriculture officials.

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South Korea imposed an import ban on Chinese chicken and duck products on Jan. 28 after China acknowledged an outbreak of avian flu on Tuesday, according to agriculture officials.

"We were notified of the outbreak of the H5N1 virus in China, so we imposed an import ban on Chinese chicken and duck products," said Kim Chang-seob, chief of the livestock quarantine division at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

The decision came after Chinese authorities confirmed Tuesday that the latest death of ducks in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was caused by the bird flu virus.

In 2003, South Korea imported 387 tons of chicken and 1,843 tons of duck from China.

With the effectuation of import ban, China became the ninth country or region from which South Korea banned importing poultry since the outbreak of the highly infectious avian influenza in Asian areas.

Due to the spread of the virus, South Korea has prohibited poultry imports from Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos and Pakistan.

South Korea itself was also hit by the H5N1 strains of virus. About 2.4 million poultry were slaughtered as an effort to prevent possible spread of the bird flu. Since last year, 17 poultry farms were found to have been infected the disease.

Source: Xinhua

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