Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 60 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 Altforst, Gelderland, Netherlands

The Order institutes the following emergency measures for the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products from Altforst, Gelderland, Netherlands:  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 30 October 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 8 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 majoer 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 the OIE Terrestrial Animal Code (2019).