HONG KONG, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The Center for Food Safety of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Thursday announced the suspension of poultry import from the United Kingdom following an outbreak of bird flu on a British farm.

    The decision to immediately suspend the processing of applications for importing poultry and poultry products from the United Kingdom "was taken following confirmation of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H7 on a farm in Oxfordshire," the HKSAR government said in a news bulletin.

    "We are seeking further information about the outbreak from the relevant authorities," a government spokesman was quoted as saying.

    Hong Kong imported about 4,300 tons of frozen poultry products from the United Kingdom in 2007.