Poultry from Canada
Effective Sept. 27 and until further notice, the Department of Agriculture’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 zone PCZ-193 in Alberta, Canada, based on a diagnosis of HPAI in domestic birds.
Processed avian products and byproducts originating from or transiting this 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 this area 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.
Horse Imports
APHIS has issued an updated guidance document on the testing of horses during import quarantine. Among other things, this update strengthens import controls on tick-borne diseases such as equine piroplasmosis. APHIS states that it is applying and enforcing this updated guidance at all equine import facilities as of Oct. 10 and that any horses imported before that date will be tested and follow the release requirements in the previous version of the guidance.
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