April 15, 2009
Mexico, Singapore bans poultry imports from Kentucky
Mexico has suspended imports of poultry from two Kentucky counties while Singapore banned poultry from the entire state, the USDA said.
Mexico, the third-largest importer of US chicken meat, will not accept uncooked poultry products from Edmonson and Grayson counties in Kentucky as of April 7, and Singapore will not import fresh or frozen poultry meat from the state as of April 8, the USDA said.
However, Singapore will accept heat-treated poultry meat as long as it is heated to 70 degrees Celsius for at least 3.5 seconds.
Russia, Japan, Colombia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Ecuador have imposed similar restrictions on Kentucky's poultry following an announcement from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture that a possible case of bird flu was found on a farm that produces eggs for Perdue Farms Inc.
