Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 3 Series of 2021, Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Birds and their Products Including Poultry Meat, Day-old Chicks, Eggs and Semen Originating from Netherlands

The Order, signed on 11 January 2021, institutes the following emergency measures for the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products from Netherlands:
1) Ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products, including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs and semen;
2) Immediate suspension of the processing, evaluation of the application and issuance of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) import clearance for the above-stated commodities;
3) All incoming poultry meat shipments with SPS import clearance issued on or before 18 December 2020 will be allowed provided frozen poultry meat  has a slaughter/process date of 21 days prior to the start of the first HPAI outbreak (on or before 8 October 2020). All shipments will be subject to veterinary quarantine rules and regulations;
4) All shipments in transit after the official communication of this Order to the Dutch authorities shall be allowed regardless of the production date provided the products were not sourced from the following areas: (1) Gelderland - Altfrost, Puiflijk, Terwolde; (2) Groningen - Lutjegast; (3) Utrecht - Hekendorp; (4) Friesland - Witmarsum, Sint Annaparochie, Buitenpost; (5) Zuid-Holland - Maasland; 
5) All other shipments accepted at the port of origin after the date of official communication to the Dutch authorities are therefore advised not to sail;
6) Shipments which have not complied with the conditions set forth in Item 3 to Item 5 shall be dealt with per DA AO 9 s. 2010 Section VII.D; 
7) Importation of meat products of poultry is subject to the conditions provided in Articles 10.4.19, 10.4.20 and 10.4.26 of OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2019).