Azerbaijan restricts cattle, meat import from several countries

The Azerbaijan Food Safety Agency continues measures to prevent the import of infected animals from other countries.

Report informs that the agency carries out its work based on the information from OIE - World Animal Health Information System regarding the epizootic situation in the world.

According to the information from OIE, infectious diseases among animals were detected in Israel, two provinces of Russia, Cote-d'Ivoire, Benin, Spain.

In this connection, the temporary restriction is applied to imports of live small cattle, meat products, milk and dairy products, leather, wool, genetic materials from Israel, all types of big live cattle and associated materials, genetic materials, fodder containing animal protein and bone dust from Spain, live small cattle, related materials, and crude, genetic material from Russia's Yaroslavl, all types of live poultry, poultry meat and eggs from the Komoe Republic of Cote-d'Ivoire, Ouémé Department of Benin and Khanti-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug of Russia.

An appeal on measures regarding vehicles arriving from these countries and passing by transit via Azerbaijan has been submitted to the State Customs Committee.