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 Germany of live 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, wool, hair, bristles, trophies, intestinal raw materials, skins

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 Germany. In this regard, from 14 January 2025, temporary restrictions are introduced on the importation into the territory of Kazakhstan 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 WOAH 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 8.8.31 of the WOAH Code), milk and dairy products (not heat treated to ensure the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (in accordance with Article 8.8.35 of the WOAH Code), wool, hair, bristles, trophies, intestinal raw materials, hides and skins that have not been processed using a technology that ensures the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus (in accordance with Articles 8.8.32, 8.8.33, 8.8.34, 8.8.37, 8.8.38 of the WOAH Code), used equipment for their maintenance, slaughter and processing, feed and feed additives for animals, with the exception of those that have been heat treated to ensure the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus, chemical and of 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.