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 South Africa of live animals susceptible to FMD, genetic material, meat and meat products not subjected to heat treatment, which guarantees the destruction of foot-and-mouth disease virus, milk and dairy products, wool, hair, bristles, trophies, intestinal raw materials, hi

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, outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease were registered in South Africa. In this regard, since 17 November 2022, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from South Africa of live animals susceptible to FMD, genetic material (with the exception of those selected in vivo, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 8.8.17 of the OIE Code 2021), meat and meat products not subjected to heat treatment that guarantees the destruction of foot-and-mouth disease virus (in accordance with article 8.8.31 of the OIE Code), milk and dairy products (not subjected to heat treatment, which guarantees the destruction of foot-and-mouth disease virus (in accordance with article 8.8.35 of the OIE Code, wool, hair, bristle, trophies, intestinal raw materials, hides and skin, not processed according to technology, which guarantees the destruction of foot-and-mouth disease virus (in accordance with articles 8.8.32, 8.8.33, 8.8.34, 8.8.37, 8.8.38 of the OIE Code), used equipment for their keeping, slaughter and processing, feed and feed additives for animals not subjected to heat treatment, guaranteeing the destruction of the FMD virus, as well as the transit through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan from the above territory of live animals susceptible to FMD. With regard to the above goods shipped before 17 November 2022, the decision to let them pass is made in the usual manner.