Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 69 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 Ystad, Loderup, Ystad, Skane Lan, Sweden

The Order, signed on 11 December 2020, institutes the following emergency measures for the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products from Ystad, Loderup, Ystad, Skane Lan, Sweden:
1) Ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products, including poultry meat, day-old chicks;
2) Immediate suspension of processing, evaluation of the application and issuance of SPS import clearance to the above-stated commodities;
3) 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 at all major ports of entry; and
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 OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2019).