ArmInfo.The Food Safety Inspectorate of Armenia imposes restrictions on imports from Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, the Czech Republic and Poland.
"Given cases of the spread of an unknown disease in cattle in the northern regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan (clinical signs are characteristic of foot and mouth disease), as well as cases of the spread of foot and mouth disease in the Orenburg region of the Russian Federation, from January 17, 2022, imports from the Republic of Kazakhstan and from Orenburg region of the Russian Federation of finished products made from the meat of pigs, reindeer, wild animals susceptible to foot and mouth disease, camels and other members of the camel family, milk and dairy products obtained from cattle and small cattle, meat, meat and raw products, leather, intestinal raw materials, hunting trophies, feed supplements containing components of animal origin (with the exception of prepared feed for feeding dogs, cats, aquarium and terrarium animals, ornamental birds, heat-treated rodents), feed of plant origin and feed additives ( with the exception of ready-made food for feeding dogs, cats, aquarium and terrarium animals, ornamental birds, rodents)," the order of the head of the Food Safety Inspectorate says.
By order of the head of the department, from January 17, 2022, it is also prohibited to import poultry (all types), all types of poultry products, raw materials (feathers, down), commercial and hatching eggs, meat and bone meal, feed and additives (except for additives containing synthetic and chemical substances), polymers, cardboard tubular boxes and liners from the Ustek Region of the Czech Republic and the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of the Republic of Poland. The ban, as noted, is based on information published on the official website of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about highly pathogenic avian influenza in these territories.
