Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety has suspended imports of poultry meat, products and eggs from Mariagerfjord Municipality in Denmark, the department states in a press release. The move follows a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in the area.
The suspension took effect immediately on December 10, 2025, as a precaution to protect public health in Hong Kong. It covers all poultry meat and products from the affected municipality.
According to Hong Kong trade statistics, the city imported about 230 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and around 180,000 poultry eggs from Denmark in the first nine months of this year.
The Centre for Food Safety has contacted the Danish authorities and says it will closely monitor updates from international and Danish bodies. Further action will be taken depending on how the avian influenza situation develops.
