Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the importation and transit through the territory of Kazakhstan from the territories of the districts of Oldenburg, Aurich, Cloppenburg (federal state of Lower Saxony) and Leipzig (federal state of Saxony), Germany of live poultry, hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat

The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan reports an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the territory of the districts of Oldenburg, Aurich, Cloppenburg (federal state of Lower Saxony) and Leipzig (federal state of Saxony), Germany. In this regard, since 9 January 2021, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation and transit through the territory of Kazakhstan from the territories of the districts of Oldenburg, Aurich, Cloppenburg (federal state of Lower Saxony) and Leipzig (federal state of Saxony), Germany of live poultry, hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (not less than 70°C), feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis), trophies of the chase that have not undergone taxidermy treatment (feather game), as well as used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds.