APHIS Proposes New Import Rules for "EU Poultry Trade Region," Etc.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to amend the regulations governing the importation of animals and animal products by recognizing 25 Member States of the European Union as the APHIS-defined EU poultry trade region…
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and adding it to the list of regions APHIS considers to be free of Newcastle disease. APHIS also determined that the region meets the requirements for being considered free of highly pathogenic avian influenza. In addition, APHIS proposes to establish requirements governing the importation of live birds and poultry, including hatching eggs, and poultry meat and products from the APHIS-defined European Union poultry trade region, and to update avian disease terms and definitions. Comments are due by September 19, 2011.