On November 25, Greater China announced that the Food Safety Center of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, based on a notification from the World Organization for Animal Health, the high-pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has broken out in Henry County, Illinois, USA, and Stanislaus County, California, USA. The center immediately instructed the industry to suspend the import of poultry meat and poultry products (including poultry eggs) from the aforementioned areas to ensure the health of the Hong Kong public.