Hong Kong suspends the import of poultry meat and poultry products from Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

According to the news release from the Hong Kong SAR government, the Centre for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today that in response to a report from the World Organization for Animal Health, indicating an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Kirklees district, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, the Centre has instructed the industry to temporarily suspend the import of poultry meat and poultry products from that area.