Avian flu: Hong Kong bans Padua chicken

(ANSA) - Beijing, September 18 - The Hong Kong food safety authority (CFS) has blocked the importation of chicken and eggs from Padua in relation to a notification from the World Organization for Animal Health of an outbreak of avian flu, the Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. The outbreak at a goose farm in the province of Padua last week led Veneto Governor Luca Zaia to sign an order for the cull of 11,000 animals, regional sources said.