Imports from Hungary and Slovakia
Effective Feb. 2 and until further notice, the Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has imposed restrictions on the importation of certain animal commodities originating from or transiting Hungary or Slovakia based on the confirmation of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle on premises close to the two countries’ shared border.
These restrictions include (1) a prohibition on imports of live ruminants, camelids, swine, hedgehogs, tenrecs, and their germplasm, (2) a prohibition, with limited exceptions, on unprocessed porcine, ruminant, camelid, hedgehog, and tenrec products and byproducts, and (3) an import permit requirement for imports of processed porcine, ruminant, camelid, hedgehog, and tenrec products and byproducts.
Poultry Imports
Effective Feb. 28, APHIS has imposed the following restrictions on the importation of poultry and related products from zone PCZ-262 in Ontario, Canada, due to concerns about highly-pathogenic avian influenza.
- Importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching eggs, unprocessed avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh poultry products is prohibited.
- Importation of processed avian products and byproducts, arriving as cargo, must be accompanied by an APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the goods were treated in accordance with APHIS requirements.
- Importation of fresh, unprocessed shell/table eggs and egg products, void of the shell (e.g., liquid eggs and dried egg whites), arriving as cargo, 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 or transiting zones PCZ-253 (effective March 3) and -256 and -259 (effective March 10) in Ontario, zone PCZ-243 in Alberta (effective March 5), and zone PCZ-FV9 in British Columbia.
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