Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan said yesterday that the government has not yet come up with a timetable to resume the sale of live poultry until it can confirm that the potentially fatal bird flu does not pose a threat to consumers.
Asked by reporters, after a committee meeting at the legislature, when the ban on selling live poultry will end, Chan said the government needed to discuss the issue with the mainland authorities. “It depends on the result of the inspection [of live poultry],” Chan said.
All of Macau’s live poultry – chickens and pigeons – are imported from the mainland.
Secretary for Administration and Justice Sonia Chan Hoi Fan speaks to reporters after yesterday’s closed-door meeting of the legislature’s 3rd Standing Committee.
Photos: Debby Seng
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