The Centre for Food Safety of the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on November 11 that in response to reports from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, and Food of South Korea about the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N9 avian influenza in Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do, Korea, the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, and the World Organization for Animal Health's notification of a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Heideland Province in the Netherlands, immediately instructed the industry to suspend imports of poultry meat and poultry products from these regions to protect public health in Hong Kong.

The Centre for Food Safety of the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on November 11 that in response to reports from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, and Food of South Korea about the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N9 avian influenza in Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do, Korea, the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, and the World Organization for Animal Health's notification of a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Heideland Province in the Netherlands, immediately instructed the industry to suspend imports of poultry meat and poultry products from these regions to protect public health in Hong Kong.