Monday, February 1, 2010

United States Department of Agriculture revised import requirements bird specimens

Published :2010-02-01

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently amended the import of animal by-products regulations, with effect from January 14 onwards, from the affected areas by the African swine fever is not tanning skin, as well as from the affected Newcastle (END) affect the region, bird specimens, you must meet specific requirements or when entering the United States directly to recognized facilities.

Because the U.S. authorities to identify the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong has no African swine fever, but there END; so from mainland China, Hong Kong and other affected areas by the END of bird specimens, such as the United States after arriving at the approved facilities for the disposal, you can enter the United States .

In addition, from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong's bird specimens is subject to the import permit issued by APHIS because the United States that the two areas is still high incidence of H5N1 avian influenza.

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