Imposing a blanket ban on the import and sale of live poultry is the most effective way to prevent any outbreak of bird flu in Macau, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares said yesterday, stressing that the government will not revive the now-defunct live poultry sector.
The bureau announced in April that the government had decided to impose a permanent ban on the import and sale of live poultry in Macau from May 1.
The local sale of live poultry had already been temporarily suspended since February 3, after the detection of the H7 virus in some local samples.
Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares speaks to reporters yesterday on the sidelines of the bureau’s last meeting with representatives of the former live poultry sector, at the bureau’s headquarters in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro. Photos: Debby Seng
Chow Wah Shing, vice-president of the Macau Live Poultry Vendors Association, speaks to reporters yesterday at the IACM headquarters in Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.
