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 Jordan of live animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, meat and meat products, milk and dairy products, wool, hair, bristles, trophies of the chase, intestinal raw materials, hides and leather, used equipment for their maintenance, slaughter and processing, feed and feed additives f

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 Jordan. In this regard, since 7 February 2023, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from Jordan of live animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease, genetic material (except those selected in vivo, in accordance with chapter 8.8.17 of the WOAH Code 2021), meat and meat products not subjected to heat treatment guaranteeing the destruction of the FMD virus (in accordance with Article 8.8.31 of the WOAH Code), milk and dairy products (not subjected to heat treatment guaranteeing the destruction of the FMD virus (in accordance with Article 8.8.35 of the WOAH Code), wool, hair, bristles, trophies of the chase, intestinal raw materials, hides and leather not processed using technology that guarantees the destruction of the FMD 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 not subjected to heat treatment that guarantees the destruction of the FMD virus, as well as transit through the territory of Kazakhstan of live animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease. With regard to the above goods shipped before 7 February 2023, the decision to let them pass is made in the usual manner.