Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Northern Aegean Islands of Greece of live sheep, goats and other animals, meat and meat products, milk and dairy products, raw materials and products, used equipment, feed and feed additives for sheep and goats, as well as transit through the territory of Kazakhstan sus

The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan reports that on the basis of the official notification of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), an outbreak of smallpox was registered in the Northern Aegean Islands of Greece. In this regard, since 2 November 2023, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Northern Aegean Islands of Greece of live sheep, goats and other animals susceptible to smallpox sheep and goats; genetic material obtained from them, meat and meat products, milk and dairy products, as well as other products obtained from sheep and goats that have not undergone heat treatment sufficient to destroy pathogenic microorganisms, raw materials and products obtained from sheep and goats that have not undergone heat treatment sufficient to destroy pathogenic microorganisms, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and processing, hunting trophies of sheep and goats, also from susceptible animal species, feed and feed additives for sheep and goats (except for those subjected to heat treatment at a temperature of at least 70 °C, feed and feed additives of vegetable origin, chemical and microbiological synthesis), as well as transit through the territory of Kazakhstan susceptible to smallpox of live sheep, goats and other animals.