Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 66 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 26 November 2020, institutes the following emergency measures for the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products from Lucciana, Haute-Corse, France:
1) Banning 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 to  the above-stated commodities; 3) All incoming poultry meat shipments with SPS import clearance issued on or before 19 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 at 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 the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2019).