Shanghai quarantines poultry meat from bird flu regions

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Shanghai quarantines poultry meat from bird flu regions

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Shanghai Port has tightened examination and control of poultry products from regions stricken by the deadly bird flu virus, sealing up 140 kg of poultry meat from these regions in the Chinese Spring Festival period.

Inspectors found Vietnamese chicken meat on a Russian ship and a Panamanian ship from Philippines entering Shanghai Port Wednesday and kept the load for further sterilization and quarantine treatment.

As Asian countries such as Thailand, Vietnam and Japan were hit by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus, Shanghai immediately banned the entry of poultry products from these regions.

Passengers are prohibited from carrying poultry products from these regions through Shanghai Port and those touring bird flu-stricken regions and showing bird flu symptoms such as fever, coughing and muscle pain are required to report to hospital and quarantine departments as soon as possible.

So far, no avian influenza virus has been detected in the luggage of passengers entering the port.

Shanghai Port has also temporarily stopped handling poultry products from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Hunan and Hubei provinces where confirmed and suspected bird flu cases have been found.

Source: Xinhua

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