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 territory of the States of Illinois and Arizona of the United States of America of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment, feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies that have not

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) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (APHIS), an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza was registered in States of Illinois and Arizona of the United States of America. In this regard, since 29 November 2024, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the territory of the States of Illinois and Arizona of the United States of America of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C), feed and feed additives for birds (except for feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis), hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermy (game birds), used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds, as well as for transit from the above territory through the territory of Kazakhstan of live birds.