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 Federal state of North Westphalia of Germany of live pigs, boar semen, pork meat, including from wild boars, and its processed products; raw hides, horn and hoof and intestines, bristles, hunting trophies obtained from susceptible animal species; feed and feed additives for animals of

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 African swine fever was registered in the Federal state of North Westphalia of Germany. In this regard, since 5 December 2024, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Federal state of North Westphalia of Germany (except for goods specified in Article 15.1.2 of the WOAH Terrestrial Animal Health Code) of live pigs and boar semen, pork meat, including from wild boars, and its processed products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C for at least 30 minutes), leather, horn and hoof and intestinal raw materials, bristles, hunting trophies obtained from susceptible animal species, feed and feed additives for animals of plant and animal origin, including poultry and fish, feed additives for cats and dogs that have not undergone heat treatment (at a temperature of at least 70 °C for at least 30 minutes); used equipment for the transportation of pigs, products and raw materials of animal origin, keeping, slaughtering and cutting pigs. With regard to the above-mentioned goods shipped before 5 December 2024, the decision to let them pass is made in the usual manner.