(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 10. Azerbaijan has
banned imports of poultry products from a number of countries,
reports
citing the Azerbaijan Food Safety Agency.
According to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), a
viral disease among birds - Newcastle disease - was registered in
Östergötland province of Sweden, and highly pathogenic bird flu -
was in Bács-Kiskun county in Hungary.
In this regard, a temporary restriction has been introduced on
the import from the above-mentioned territories to Azerbaijan of
live poultry and hatching eggs, poultry meat, finished poultry meat
products and all types of poultry products containing poultry
processing products (with the exception of goods subjected to heat
treatment that ensures the destruction of the avian influenza
virus), feed and feed additives for poultry (with the exception of
feed and feed additives of plant origin, as well as those obtained
by chemical and microbiological synthesis), equipment used for
keeping, slaughtering and processing poultry, as well as transit
from the indicated territory through the territory of Azerbaijan of
live birds.
An appeal was made to the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan
regarding taking measures in connection with vehicles arriving or
following in transit from the province of Östergötland in Sweden
and Bács-Kiskun county in Hungary in order to strengthen
control.
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