Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 70 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 Lucciana, Haute-Corse, France

The Order, signed on 11 December 2020 institutes the following emergency measures for the importation of domestic and wild brids and their products from Lucciana, Haute-Corse, France:
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) All incoming poultry meat shipments with SPS import clearance issued on or before 23 November 2020 will be allowed provided that frozen poultry meat has a slaughter/process date of 21 days prior to the start of the HPAI outbreak (on or before 17 October 2020).  All shipments will be subject to veterinary quarantine rules and regulations;
4) Stoppage and confiscation of all shipments of the above stated commodities (with the exception on heat treated products) into the country by all Veterinary Quarantine Officers/Inspectors all major ports of entry if the provisions written in Item 3 are not followed;
5) 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).