South Korea has imposed a ban on U.S. poultry imports. The move comes after U.S.
officials admitted that a strain of bird flu found in a chicken in Texas is considered far deadlier to poultry than originally thought.

On February seventh, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry halted the quarantining process for U.S. poultry imports after bird flu was reported in the state of Delaware.

On Friday, U.S. officials said the outbreak in Gonzales County in South Texas was a low-pathogenic version of bird flu, which poses little risk to humans and only low risk to chickens. However, it was reclassified as high-pathogenic after genetic testing conducted during the weekend.

South Korea imported more than 40-thousand tons of chickens and ducks from the United States last year.