Import Alert: Lifting of HPAI Restrictions on Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service sent this bulletin at 01/02/2024 10:13 AM EST
Issuance Date: January 2, 2024
6:57 AM, U.S. Eastern
Effective Date(s): January 2, 2024—Kagoshima Prefecture
Effective on the date(s) listed above and until further notice the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is lifting restrictions on the importation of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching eggs, unprocessed avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh poultry products originating from or transiting the prefecture(s) listed above due to the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in domestic birds.
APHIS placed avian commodity restrictions on these prefecture(s) due to the diagnosis of HPAI in domestic birds. The Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries has now demonstrated complete resolution of the HPAI outbreak(s) in domestic birds in these prefecture(s) and met the requirements to regain the previous HPAI-free status in accordance with Article 10.4.6 of the World Organisation for Animal Health Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Therefore, APHIS is lifting the HPAI-related import restrictions on avian commodities originating from or transiting these prefecture(s).
Additional information can be found on the APHIS website.
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