CORRECTION- Import Alert: HPAI Restrictions on Avian Commodities Originating from or Transiting Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan 

Import Alert: HPAI Restrictions on Avian Commodities Originating from or Transiting Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan 

Issuance Date: March 13, 2024 

9:09 AM, U.S. Eastern 

Effective Date: March 12, 2024—Hiroshima 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 restricting 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. 

Under these restrictions, processed avian products and byproducts originating from or transiting any restricted prefecture and imported as cargo must be accompanied by an APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the commodities were treated in accordance with APHIS requirements.  

Importation as cargo of fresh, unprocessed shell/table eggs and other egg products, void of the shell (i.e., liquid eggs and dried egg whites), originating from or transiting any restricted prefecture is prohibited unless they are consigned from the port of arrival directly to an APHIS-approved breaking and pasteurization facility. An import permit and/or certificate is not required for these shipments when consigned directly to an APHIS-approved establishment. 

Processed avian products and byproducts, including eggs and egg products, for personal use originating from or transiting a restricted prefecture, entering in passenger baggage, must:  

• have a thoroughly cooked appearance; or  
• be shelf-stable as a result of APHIS-approved packaging and cooking (i.e., packaged in hermetically sealed containers and cooked by a commercial method after such packing to produce articles that are shelf stable without refrigeration); or  
• be accompanied by an APHIS import permit and/or government certification confirming that the products or byproducts were treated in accordance with APHIS requirements. 

Unprocessed avian products and byproducts originating from or transiting a restricted prefecture are not permitted to enter the United States. This includes hunter harvested, non-fully finished avian trophies and meat.