APHIS Suspends Pork Imports From Poland Over African Swine Fever Concerns
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service suspended entry of pork imports from Poland beginning Oct. 18 as APHIS reviews that country's export protocols, the agency said in a notice. "In order to give us time to ensure all Polish…
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facilities that export pork and pork products to the U.S. are acting in accordance with our import requirements, we have suspended entry for all fresh and frozen pork from Poland until our review is completed," it said. The restrictions are due to the possibility that "several plants in Poland actively exporting fresh pork to the U.S. may be located within an [African Swine Fever] restricted zone," according to a separate notice sent by Geodis. There is not a "grace period for shipments that are currently in transit to the United States, and all shipments of fresh/frozen/chilled pork shipped from Poland to the United States should be refused entry," it said.