Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on September 21, 2026, that it had instructed the trade to suspend imports of poultry meat and products, including poultry eggs, from Wright County in the US state of Minnesota with immediate effect. The CFS said the step followed a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in the county, and was taken to protect public health in Hong Kong.

Citing Census and Statistics Department figures, a CFS spokesman said Hong Kong imported about 24 190 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 20.2 million poultry eggs from the United States in the first six months of the year.

The spokesman said the CFS had contacted the American authorities and would closely monitor information from the WOAH and relevant authorities on the outbreak, adding that appropriate action would be taken in response to developments.