# Foreign Quarantine
> **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention** · Amendment of February 4, 2004, order to lift the embargo of birds and bird products from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong). · Published 2004-03-19 · Effective 2004-03-10 · 69 FR 12975
## Document
- **Document number:** 04-6205
- **Category:** public-health
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- **Federal Register citation:** 69 FR 12975
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 71
- **Publication date:** 2004-03-19
- **Effective date:** 2004-03-10
## Abstract

On February 4, 2004, final rule published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2004 (69 FR 7165), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order immediately banning the import of all birds (Class: Aves) from specified Southeast Asian countries, subject to limited exemptions for pet birds and certain bird-derived products. CDC took this step because birds from these affected countries potentially can infect humans with avian influenza (Influenza A [(H5N1]). The February 4 order complemented a similar action taken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). CDC and APHIS are now lifting the embargo of birds and bird products from Hong Kong because of the documented public health and animal health measures taken by Hong Kong officials to prevent spread of the outbreak within Hong Kong and the lack of avian influenza cases in Hong Kong's domestic and wild bird populations. All other portions of the February 4, 2004 order remain in effect until further notice.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/03/19/04-6205/foreign-quarantine)
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