Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 44, Series of 2017, Lifting the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs, and semen originating from Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States of America (DA MO No. 23, series of 2017)

This order provides the rationale and the conditions in instituting this measure lifting the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs and semen originating from Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States of America.Based on the final report submitted by Dr John Clifford, Official Delegate, Chief Trade Advisor, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, United States of America to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) events in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States of America (with temporary banning order: DA MO No. 23, series of 2017) are now closed and resolved. This is also based on the evaluation of the Bureau of Animal Industry that the risk of contamination from importing poultry and poultry products from Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States of America is negligible.