WASHINGTON — South Korea has adopted a regionalization policy, which will prevent a countrywide ban on U.S. exports to Korea in the event of a future finding of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the U.S.
As a result of the new policy by South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, should a HPAI case be found, only exports from the affected state(s) will be restricted, allowing the rest of the U.S. to continue shipping poultry and egg products to the Korean market.
The U.S. poultry and egg industry have applauded the announcement. . .