Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 74 Series of 2020, Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Birds and their Products Including Poultry Meat, Day-Old Chicks, Eggs and Semen Originating from Girin-ri, Soseong-myeon, Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-Do, Republic of Korea

The Order, signed on 14 December 2020, institutes the following emergency measures for the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products from Girin-ri, Soseong-myeon, Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-Do, Republic of Korea:
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 SPS import clearance for the above-stated commodities;
3) Stoppage and confiscation of all shipments of the above-stated commodities (with exception on heat-treated products) into the country by all Veterinary Quarantine Officers/Inspectors at all major ports of entry;
4) 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 the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2019).