Department of Agriculture Memorandum Order No. 81 Series of 2022, Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Birds and their Products including Poultry Meat, Day-Old Chicks, Eggs, and Semen originating from Ecuador, Moldova, Peru and Chinese Taipei

The Order, signed on 29 December 2022, bans the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products, including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs, and semen. It also immediately suspends the processing, evaluation of the application and issuance of SPS import clearance for the said commodities. All shipments coming from Ecuador, the Republic of  Moldova, Peru and Chinese Taipei, of the above-stated commodities (with the exception on heat-treated products) into the country will be stopped and confiscated by all Veterinary Quarantine Officers/lnspectors at all major ports of entry.