IMMEDIATE UPDATE: Animal Product Manual 9-6-2022--284

This notice is to alert you to changes in the Animal Product Manual.

The following changes have been made to reflect up-to-date information and corrections. The specific changes are listed below.

Chapter 3-2 Avian Products

• Table 3-2-7 Edible Eggs and Egg Products from Countries OTHER THAN Canada change (page 2 of 2) Japan section has been removed from the table*
• Table 3-2-8 Fresh, Unfertilized Eggs change (page 1 of 2) Japan section has been removed from the table*

Appendix A Guide to Entry Status of Animal Products in Passenger Baggage

• Table A-1-10 Guide to Entry Status of Non-Shelf-Stable Meat, Poultry Meat, Egg and Their Products in Passenger Baggage changes (page 4 of 10) the former footnotes in the poultry/eggs column of the Japan row have been removed*

Appendix C Foreign Countries and Their Disease Status

• Table C-1-1 Foreign Countries and Their Disease Status change (page 6 of 13) HPAI has been removed from the Japan row*

Appendix E Certificates and Forms

• FORMER Figure E-1-32 Example of Japanese Form, Export Quarantine Certificate change form has been removed from the manual*
• FORMER Figure E-1-33 Example of Japanese Form, Export Quarantine Certificate for Table Eggs change form has been removed from the manual*

*Subsequent footnote, figure, and/or table numbering has been revised as appropriate.

Links contained throughout the manual in the Tables of Contents, List of Figures, List of Tables, Index, as well as internal and external cross-references and hyperlinks have been updated as necessary.

Amy L. Frevert
USDA-APHIS-PPQ-IRM-ISMU
Technical Writer/Editor
amy.l.frevert@usda.gov