On March 19, 2021, the Singapore Food Authority (SFA) announced that it would adjust the import restrictions on poultry and their products near Japan's highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak.

It is understood that on December 9 and 14, 2020, Singapore imposed temporary import restrictions on poultry and their products in areas affected by the H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic in Wakayama, Shiga, Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures in Japan. .

At present, the epidemic in the region has been resolved, and the Singapore Food Authority said that the above import restrictions have been lifted.

Due to the H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in Haga Town, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, from March 13, 2021, the import of poultry and products from Tochigi Prefecture, Japan will be temporarily restricted. Poultry products that meet the requirements of OIE for avian influenza virus inactivation and heat treatment will not be affected by import restrictions.

In order to facilitate the customs clearance of other poultry and poultry products, when importing poultry and products, the attached veterinary health certificate should also include the following additional certifications:

A. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and H5 and H7 low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) are notifiable diseases in exporting countries.

B. According to the definition of OIE, poultry derived from meat are not vaccinated with H5 and H7 subtypes of avian influenza vaccine.

C. Poultry meat and meat products do not originate from poultry in Japan's Kagawa, Miyazaki, Kochi, Tokushima, Chiba, Gifu, Kagoshima and Tochigi prefectures.

D. Poultry derived from meat were born, raised and slaughtered in Japan, or day-old chicks legally imported from a country with the same poultry health status.

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