What bird/poultry products are banned from entering into the U.S.?
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a ban on February 4, 2004, on all avian products from areas where the H5N1 (Asian strain) virus was known to exist at the time. USDA has expanded the ban to include new countries with HPAI outbreaks. The ban currently applies to the following countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Romania, Turkey, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, the People’s Republic of China, Ukraine South Korea, Thailand, Nigeria, and Vietnam. The ban excludes bird products processed to render them non-infectious. Processed avian products from these countries must have an import permit from the USDA and host-government certification of treatment.
