Letter of the Federal Service for the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS-KS-7/26740 as of 23 October 2018

This letter introduces a temporary restriction on imports of products from Colombia mentioned in point 3 to the territory of the Russian Federation and transit of live animals susceptible to FMD through the territory of the Russian Federation originating from the territory of Colombia due to the registration of outbreaks of FMD.
A temporary restriction is imposed on live animals susceptible to FMD; genetic material (except selected in vivo in accordance with the provisions of Article 8.8.17 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code); raw meat and meat products, not heat-treated, that guarantee the destruction of the FMD virus (in accordance with the Article 8.8.31 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code); milk and milk products, not heat-treated, that guarantee the destruction of the FMD virus (in accordance with the Article 8.8.35); wool, hair, bristles, trophies, raw intestines, hides and skins, untreated by technology that guarantees the destruction of the FMD virus (in accordance with the Articles 8.8.32, 8.8.33, 8.8.34, 8.8.37, 8.8.38 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code).