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 Vladimir, Kirov and Ryazan regions of the Russian Federation, Udmurt and Chuvash Republics of live pig and boar semen, pork meat, leather, horn and intestinal raw materials, bristles, hunting trophies, feed and feed additives, used equipment for transporting, keeping, s

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 Vladimir, Kirov and Ryazan regions, Udmurt and Chuvash Republics of the Russian Federation. In this regard, since 18 August 2023, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation (with the exception of the goods specified in article 15.1.2 of the Land Animal Health Code of the WOAH) to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Vladimir, Kirov and Ryazan regions, Udmurt and Chuvash Republics of the Russian Federation 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 with at least 30 minutes), leather, horn and intestinal raw materials, bristles, hunting trophies obtained from susceptible animal species, feed and feed additives for animals of vegetable and animal origin, including poultry and fish, feed additives for cats and dogs that have not undergone heat treatment (at a temperature not lower than 70 °C with at least 30 minutes), used equipment for transporting pigs, products and raw materials of animal origin, keeping, slaughter and butchering of pigs susceptible to African swine fever, as well as transit through the territory of Kazakhstan of live pigs.