China has decided to suspend imports of poultry and related products from
Canada, which has reported a suspected bird flu outbreak, according to the State
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Sunday.
All birds which have been transported to China from Canada and are waiting
for quarantine inspection will be returned or destroyed, and those that have
been inspected will have to undergo further testing for the bird flu virus, the
administration said in a circular distributed across the country.
The circular also forbids transporting birds into the country by post or with
passengers.
Birds from Canada will be sealed off if they are found on international
ships, airplanes and trains that pass China. All the birds found smuggled from
Canada will be destroyed by quarantine authorities.
On Feb. 19, the health department in Canada reported a suspected H7 bird flu
case in a chicken farm in the western part of the country.
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