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US poultry imports banned after avian flu

China has banned imports of poultry, poultry products and eggs from the United States after the US Department of Agriculture said on Monday that it has discovered a highly pathogenic strain of avian flu in the Pacific Northwest, a region in western North America bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. The ban became effective as of Jan 8, according to the USDA and USA Poultry and Egg Export Council. All poultry-related products shipped from the US after this date would be returned or destroyed. The ban extends to poultry breeding stock, which includes live chicks and hatching eggs.