USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories has confirmed low pathogenic H5 from a live bird market in New York. According to USDA’s agreement with Taiwan, FSIS has been notified to amend the FSIS Export Library to state that the export of poultry meat and meat products from the State of New York to Taiwan is prohibited effective immediately.
This is also the situation for Japan. Japan’s avian influenza bans cover product produced from birds from farms in the banned state, as well as from birds slaughtered/eggs laid in the state; product processed in the state; and product that was stored in or transited the state, except after final packaging for FSIS meat products and after official sealing for table shell eggs.
Japan has agreed to exempt product from poultry slaughtered (or eggs laid) and shipped out of (or packaged with final packaging for FSIS meat products or officially sealed for table shell eggs.) New York prior to December 12, 2012. Combined with previous “ineligible dates” from other bans, this means that the following dates are now ineligible for Japan (from New York):
- Products produced prior to February 22, 2008;
- Product produced on or after April 11, 2008, but before January 15, 2009;
- Product produced on or after February 11, 2009 but before December 25, 2009;
- Product produced on or after December 20, 2011 but before August 31, 2012; and
- Product produced on or after December 12, 2012.
