The Import Inspection Unit under the Veterinary Public Health Section is responsible for the import inspection of live food animals at the land border to ensure the safe supply of live food animals for human consumption . There are three inspection stations in Hong Kong, namely Man Kam To Animal Inspection Station, Lok Ma Chau Livestock Contamination Monitoring Station and Cheung Sha Wan Import Poultry Inspection Station at Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market. Their main duties are:
Import Inspection of Live Poultry
The import inspection work for live poultry at Man Kam To Animal Inspection Station includes:
‧ Verifying and collecting Animal Health Certificates accompanied with the live poultry
‧ Inspecting the poultry for any injury or clinical sign of disease;
‧ Collecting blood samples,oropharyngeal swabs and cloacal swabs from the poultry for laboratory testing of notifiable avian influenza; and
‧ Ensuring that the transportation of the poultry is of acceptable animal welfare standards.