Resolución N° SENASA-DG-R015-2019 - Dirección General del Servicio Nacional de Salud Animal (Resolution SENASA-DG-R015-2019 - Directorate-General of the National Animal Health Service)

Emergency notifications (SPS) 2019-05-10
G/SPS/N/CRI/214

Description

Orders the temporary suspension of imports of the commodities indicated in Chapter 10.4 ("Infection with avian influenza viruses") of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code from Monterey County, California, United States of America, produced or obtained 21 calendar days prior to the beginning of the notified outbreak and from establishments that have not received products from the affected county.
This excludes products that may be subject to mitigation measures at the place of origin, in accordance with the above Chapter of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, for which the sanitary certificates accompanying imports must indicate the mitigation measures to which the avian products were subject, including irradiation treatment, cooking time and temperature, pasteurization, and sterilization.
SENASA may permit the resumption of trade in the aforementioned goods three months after compliance with the measures laid down in Article 10.4.3(2) of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.

Keywords

Avian Influenza; Animal diseases; Animal health; Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization