Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 40 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 Australia

The Order signed on Nov. 6, 2020 amends the DA Memorandum Oder No. 40 series of 2020 with the following measures: 
1) The importation of the abovementioned commodities will be allowed provided it will be sourced from areas outside Lethebridge, Victoria, Australia;
2) Additonal attestations on the veterinary health certificate on all exports of poultry meat from Australia in accordance to Article 10.4.1.9 of the OIE Terrestrial Code (2019):
  a. The birds were kept in a country, zone or compartment free from infection with high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses in poultry since they were hatched or for at least the past 21 days;
  b. The birds were slaughtered in an approved abbatoir in a country, zone or compartment free from infection with high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses in poultry and have been subjected to ante- a d post-mortem inspections in accordance with Chapter 6.3 and have been found free of any signs suggestive of avian influenza.