Poultry
Effective on the dates indicated, the Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service imposed restrictions on imports of avian commodities from the following areas due to concerns about highly-pathogenic avian influenza.
- sanitary control zone of the Arauncania region in Chile (April 15)
- zone PCZ-322 in Saskatchewan, Canada (April 13)
- zone PCZ-323 in Saskatchewan, Canada (April 15)
- Aomori prefecture in Japan (April 22)
These restrictions include the following.
- Importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, and avian hatching eggs is prohibited.
- Importation as cargo of processed avian products and byproducts must be accompanied by an APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the goods were treated in accordance with APHIS requirements.
- Importation as cargo of unprocessed avian products and byproducts (including eggs and egg products and meat) is prohibited with limited exceptions (e.g., in some cases these may be imported if consigned directly from the port of arrival to an eligible USDA-approved establishment).
- Importation as cargo of fresh, unprocessed shell/table eggs and egg products, void of the shell (e.g., liquid eggs and dried egg whites) is prohibited unless they are consigned from the port of arrival directly to an APHIS-approved breaking and pasteurization facility. An import permit and/or certificate is not required in such cases.
Separately, APHIS has removed restrictions on imports of poultry and related products originating from the following areas as of the dates indicated.
- zone PCZ-307 in Alberta, Canada (April 21)
Glasswort
APHIS has announced that imports of fresh leaves and stems of glasswort from Israel for consumption may be authorized beginning April 21. APHIS has determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via such imports.
Pears and Quince
APHIS is accepting comments for 30 days on draft pest risk assessments for the importation of Pyrus spp. and Cydonia spp. cuttings from Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. These assessments describe potential quarantine pests associated with each commodity and are shared to solicit information that might lead APHIS to revise them before it identifies pest mitigations and proceeds with the commodity import approval process.
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