Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS-KS-7/9907 of 20 May 2025

This letter introduces temporary restrictions on imports of live poultry, poultry products, eggs, equipment for poultry, feed and feed additives for birds from Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil to the Russian Federation, as well as on the transit of live birds through the territory of the Russian Federation due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the region mentioned.Additionally, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance informs that due to deterioration of the epizootic situation, Brazilian enterprises producing all types of poultry products have been assigned a “special requirements” status in terms of the Registry of Establishments authorised to export to the Customs Union for a period of three months from the date of the restrictions. This status implies sampling within enhanced laboratory control from every third incoming consignment from each Brazilian enterprise to test for the presence of the avian influenza virus genome.