Beijing, April 03: China has banned the import of poultry products from the Netherlands where an outbreak of H7N1 bird flu virus has been reported, the country’s quarantine watchdog said Sunday.
Any poultry and poultry products sent by mail or carried by tourists from the Netherlands will be returned or destroyed, officials from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the ministry of agriculture said.
Such products from the European country if found on ships, flights or trains that stop in China, will be seized, Xinhua reported.
-Agencies