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 and transit (with the exception of goods specified in Article 15.1.2 of the WHO Terrestrial Animal Health Code) through the territory of Kazakhstan from Kostroma Region and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation of live pigs, boar sperm, pork, including from wil

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 African swine fever were registered in Kostroma Region and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. In this regard, since 29 July 2022, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan and transit (with the exception of goods specified in Article 15.1.2 of the WHO Terrestrial Animal Health Code) through the territory of Kazakhstan from Kostroma Region and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation of live pigs, boar sperm, pork, including from wild boars, and products of its processing that have not undergone heat treatment (not less than 70 °C for at least 30 minutes), leather, horned and intestinal raw materials, bristles, hunting trophies obtained from susceptible species of animals, feed and feed additives for animals of plant and animal origin, including from poultry and fish, feed additives for cats and dogs that have not undergone heat treatment (not less than 70 °C for at least 30 minutes), used equipment for transporting pigs, products and raw materials of animal origin, keeping, slaughtering and cutting pigs. With regard to the above goods shipped before 29 July 2022, the decision to let them pass is made in the usual manner.