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 Republic of Bashkortostan and the Republic of North Ossetia 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 (at least 70°C for at least 30 minutes), leather, horne

Emergency notifications (SPS) 2022-04-07
G/SPS/N/KAZ/99

Description

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 was registered in the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Republic of North Ossetia of the Russian Federation. In this regard, since 1 February 2022, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Republic of North Ossetia 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 (at least 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 (at a temperature of at least 70°C for at least 30 minutes), used equipment for transporting pigs, products and raw materials of animal origin, keeping, slaughtering and cutting of pigs, as well as transit through the territory of Kazakhstan of live pigs from the abovementioned territories

Keywords

Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization; Animal diseases; Zoonoses; Food safety; Animal health; Human health; African swine fever (ASF)