Effective March 30, the Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service removed restrictions on the importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching eggs, unprocessed avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh poultry products originating from or transiting zones PCZ-168 and -170 in British Columbia, Canada.
APHIS placed avian commodity restrictions on these zones due to the diagnosis of highly pathogenic avian influenza in domestic birds there. However, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has effectively demonstrated complete resolution of the HPAI outbreak in these zones, which have met the requirements to regain their previous HPAI-free status.
APHIS continues to restrict the importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching eggs, unprocessed avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh poultry products originating from or transiting two zones in Alberta (PCZ-93 and PCZ-106); eight zones in British Columbia (PCZ-148, PCZ-153, PCZ-158, PCZ-161, PCZ-162, PCZ-165, PCZ-166, and PCZ-169); one zone in Nova Scotia (PCZ-175); two zones in Ontario (PCZ-176 and PCZ-177); three zones in Quebec (PCZ-172, PCZ-173, and PCZ-174); and three zones in Saskatchewan (PCZ-99, PCZ-105, and PCZ-108).
Importation of any of these commodities originating from or transiting a restricted zone is prohibited.
Processed avian products and byproducts originating from or transiting a restricted zone, imported as cargo, must be accompanied by an APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the products were treated according to APHIS requirements.
Fresh, unprocessed shell/table eggs and other egg products, void of the shell (i.e., liquid eggs, dried egg whites), originating from or transiting a restricted zone, imported as cargo, are 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 for these shipments when consigned to an APHIS-approved establishment.
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