Notice2023-18073
Addition of the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Peru to the List of Regions Affected With Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
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Published
August 23, 2023
Effective
December 3, 2022
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Abstract
We are advising the public that we added the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Peru to the list of regions that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service considers to be affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). These actions follow our imposition of HPAI-related restrictions on avian commodities originating from or transiting the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Peru, as a result of the confirmation of HPAI in these countries.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57408-57409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18073]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2023-0044]
Addition of the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Peru to
the List of Regions Affected With Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we added the Republic of
Ecuador and the Republic of Peru to the list of regions that the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service considers to be affected by highly
pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). These actions follow our imposition
of HPAI-related restrictions on avian commodities originating from or
transiting the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Peru, as a
result of the confirmation of HPAI in these countries.
DATES: The Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Peru were added to
the list of regions APHIS considers to be affected with HPAI, effective
respectively on December 3, 2022, and December 12, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. La'Toya Lane, APHIS Veterinary
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Services, Regionalization Evaluation Services, 920 Main Campus Drive,
Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27606; phone: (301) 550-1671; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f4e7c645d6a686660616e6366756e7b6660614f7a7c6b6e21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5a4968eb780828c8a8b84898c9f84918c8a8ba590968184cb828a93">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred
to below as the regulations) govern the importation of certain animals
and animal products into the United States to prevent the introduction
of various animal diseases, including Newcastle disease and highly
pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The regulations prohibit or restrict
the importation of live poultry, poultry meat, and other poultry
products from regions where these diseases are considered to exist.
Section 94.6 of the regulations contains requirements governing the
importation into the United States of carcasses, meat, parts or
products of carcasses, and eggs (other than hatching eggs) of poultry,
game birds, or other birds from regions of the world where HPAI exists
or is reasonably believed to exist. HPAI is an extremely infectious and
potentially fatal form of avian influenza in birds and poultry that,
once established, can spread rapidly from flock to flock. The Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) maintains a list of
restricted regions it considers affected with HPAI of any subtype on
the APHIS website at <a href="https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-and-animal-product-import-information/animal-health-status-of-regions">https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-and-animal-product-import-information/animal-health-status-of-regions</a>.
APHIS receives notice of HPAI outbreaks from veterinary officials
of the exporting country, from the World Organization for Animal Health
(WOAH),\1\ or from other sources the Administrator determines to be
reliable.
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\1\ The World Organization for Animal Health internationally
follows a British English spelling of ``organisation' in its name;
also, it was formerly the Office International des Epizooties, or
OIE, but on May 28, 2022, the Organization announced that the
acronym was changed from OIE to WOAH.
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On November 28, 2022, the veterinary authorities of the Republic of
Ecuador reported to the WOAH the occurrence of HPAI in that country. On
December 3, 2022, after confirming that HPAI occurred in commercial
birds and poultry, APHIS added the Republic of Ecuador to the list of
regions where HPAI exists. On that same day, APHIS issued an import
alert notifying stakeholders that APHIS imposed import restrictions on
poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching eggs, unprocessed
avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh poultry commodities
from the Republic of Ecuador to mitigate risk of HPAI introduction into
the United States.
On December 2, 2022, the veterinary authorities of the Republic of
Peru reported to the WOAH the occurrence of HPAI in that country. On
December 12, 2022, after confirming that the HPAI occurred in
commercial birds or poultry, APHIS added the Republic of Peru to the
list of regions where HPAI exists. On that same day, APHIS issued an
import alert notifying stakeholders that APHIS imposed import
restrictions on poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching
eggs, unprocessed avian products and byproducts, and certain fresh
poultry commodities from the Republic of Peru to mitigate risk of HPAI
introduction into the United States.
With the publication of this notice, we are informing the public
that we added: The Republic of Ecuador to the list of regions APHIS
considers affected with HPAI of any subtype, effective December 3,
2022; and the Republic of Peru to the list of regions APHIS considers
affected with HPAI of any subtype, effective December 12, 2022. This
notice serves as an official record and public notification of these
actions.
Congressional Review Act
Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this action
as not a major rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701-7772, 7781-7786, and 8301-8317; 21
U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of August 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-18073 Filed 8-22-23; 8:45 am]
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