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 the following areas based on determinations that highly-pathogenic avian influenza exists in domestic birds in these areas.
- zone PCZ-232 in Nova Scotia, Canada (effective Feb. 2)
- zones PCZ-233 in Quebec, Canada, and PCZ-234 in Alberta, Canada (both effective Feb. 9)
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 restrictions on imports originating from or transiting Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan, effective Feb. 26, after the HPAI outbreak in this area was completely resolved.
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