Poultry import from Japan halted


Taking no chances: An aerial view showing officials wearing protective suits culling chickens at a poultry farm where authorities detected highly pathogenic H5-type bird flu in Saga prefecture. — Reuters

THE city-state has suspended the import of raw poultry and poultry products from four prefectures in Japan following recent reports of bird flu outbreaks, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) announced in a circular recently.

The temporary ban restricts raw poultry imports from Saga and Kagoshima in the Kyushu region and from Ibaraki and Saitama in the Kanto region.

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