Kazakhstan has limited the import of pork from Russian regions due to ASF

Published Dec 7, 2020

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The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance (KVKN) of Kazakhstan has imposed temporary restrictions on the import and transit of pig-breeding products from several Russian regions due to African swine fever. The restrictions include live pigs, semen, pork, wild boar meat, and other pig-related products. The KVKN has also implemented a plan to prevent the spread of the disease, which includes a memorandum with the Committee for Forestry and Wildlife for epizootic monitoring of wild fauna. Inspections of vehicles and hand luggage of passengers at the border control zone have also been organized.

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The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance (KVKN) of the Republic of Kazakhstan introduced restrictions on the import and transit through Kazakhstan of pig-breeding and related products from a number of regions of Russia. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In connection with the registration of African swine fever, KVKN introduced on December 2 temporary restrictions on the import and transit of pig products from the Arkhangelsk, Omsk, Orenburg and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation. It is noted that restrictions are imposed on the import and transit of live pigs, boar semen, pork and wild boar meat, their genetic material, pig products (not heat-treated above 72 ° C in the thickness of the product for 30 minutes, which guarantees the destruction of the ASF virus), including products of the slaughter of wild boars, horned hoofs, leather and intestinal raw materials, bristles, feed for pigs that have ...

Source: Agrosektor