Download Biosecurity Risk Review on Chicken Meat for Human Consumption

This document is a qualitative risk review of the existing import risk analysis (IRA) on chicken and duck meat for human consumption, 2013. This reviews new scientific information that might impact the conclusions of the 2013 IRA. This document will supplement the IRA and inform the development of an import health standard for chicken meat.
After reviewing the hazard identification list of diseases and pathogens of concern, no new hazards were identified in relevant literature that warranted further assessment. The 2013 chicken meat IRA assessed six hazards to present a biosecurity risk to New Zealand. The present review did not find any new information that would alter the assessments in the original IRA.