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S’pore suspends poultry imports from 4 Japan prefectures due to avian flu outbreak
Following recent bird flu outbreaks in Japan, Singapore has suspended imports of raw poultry and poultry products from four of its prefectures. This was announced in a circular by the Singapore Food ...
Singapore suspends import of poultry from 4 Japan prefectures from Kyushu and Kanto regions following bird flu outbreaks
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Singapore suspends poultry imports from regions in Japan, US and other countries hit by bird flu outbreak
The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been detected in farms in countries such as Japan, Canada and France.