HONG KONG - Hong Kong's food safety authority decided on Wednesday to suspend the import of poultry meat and products from a bird flu-affected area in Germany.

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The Center for Food Safety (CFS) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said the decision was made in view of a notification from the World Organization for Animal Health about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in the District of Osnabrück in the State of Niedersachsen in Germany.

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The CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products, including poultry eggs, from the area with immediate effect.