Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order N. 63 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 Frodsham, England United Kingdom

The Order, signed on Nov. 18, 2020, institues the following emergency measures for the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products from Frodsham, England, United Kingdom:
1) Banning the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products, including poultry meat, day old chicks, and semen;
2) Immediate suspension of the processing, evaluation of the application and issuance of SPS import clearance for the said goods;
3) All incoming poultry meat shipments with SPS import clearance issued on or before November 9, 2020 will be allowede provided the frozne poultry meat has a slaughter/process date of 21 days prior to the start of the HPAI outbreak (on or before October 3, 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 Article 10.4.19, 10.4.20 and 10.4.26 of OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2019).