Poultry from Canada
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is restricting the importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching eggs, unprocessed avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh poultry products originating from or transiting the following areas based on determinations that highly-pathogenic avian influenza exists in domestic birds in those zones.
- zone PCZ-229 in Quebec (effective Jan. 3)
Processed avian products and byproducts originating from or transiting any restricted area, 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. Further, importation as cargo of fresh, unprocessed shell/table eggs and other egg products, void of the shell (i.e., liquid eggs, dried egg whites), originating from or transiting any restricted zone is prohibited unless the products 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 directly to an APHIS-approved establishment.
Separately, APHIS has removed these restrictions on imports originating from or transiting zones PCZ-205 and -208 in Saskatchewan, PCZ-207 and -210 in British Columbia, and PCZ-209 and -224 in Alberta (all effective Jan. 9), and zones PCZ-214 in Manitoba, -216 in Quebec, and -226 in Alberta (all effective Jan. 12), after the HPAI outbreaks in these areas were completely resolved.
Herbs from Kenya
APHIS is considering a request to allow the importation of fresh thyme, marjoram, and oregano from Kenya into the U.S. and has drafted a pest risk assessment that lists the potential pests likely to remain on these commodities upon importation if no mitigation is applied. Comments on this assessment, including information that might lead APHIS to revise its assessment before identifying pest mitigations and proceeding with the commodity import approval process, are due by March 18.
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