Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Slovak Republic of animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, genetic material, meat and meat products that have not been heat treated to guarantee the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus, milk and dairy products that have not been heat treated to guarantee the destruct

The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan reports that on the basis of the official notification of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was registered in the Slovak Republic. In this regard, from 1 April 2025, temporary restrictions are introduced on the importation into the territory of Kazakhstan (with the exception of goods specified in Article 8.8.2 of the 2024 WHO Code) of live animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease; genetic material (except for those selected in vivo, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8.8.17 of the 2024 OIE Code), meat and meat products that have not been heat treated to ensure the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (in accordance with Article 8.8.34 of the 2024 OIE Code), milk and dairy products that have not been heat treated to ensure the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (in accordance with Article 8.8.39 of the 2024 OIE Code), wool, hair, bristles, trophies, casings, hides and skins that have not been processed using technology that ensures the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (in accordance with Articles 8.8.36, 8.8.37, 8.8.38, 8.8.40, 8.8.41 of the 2024 OIE Code), used equipment for their maintenance, slaughter and processing, feed and feed additives for animals, with the exception of those subjected to heat treatment, which guarantees the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus, of chemical and microbiological origin, as well as transit from the above-mentioned territory through the territory of Kazakhstan of live animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease.