Regulation Prohibiting the Importation and Transit into the Croatian Republic of Poultry and Poultry Products in Order to Prevent the Introduction of the Newcastle Disease.

This Regulation prohibits the import and transit of: a) live poultry, ratites (kiwi, emu, ostrich and nandu), farmed and wild feathered game; b) day-old chicks; c) hatching and table eggs; d) fresh and frozen meat of poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game; e) products of poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game; f) products of animal origin (from birds) intended for feeding animals, for industrial use or for use in agriculture, originating from the Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Israel, China, Mexico, Russia, Sweden (Gotland region). The prohibition shall also apply to consignments of live poultry from other countries and regions if they are in transit through these areas. The prohibition shall not apply to the following consignments: a) hermetically sealed, thermally processed canned meat and poultry, ratites, farmed and wild feathered game, which were subjected during the production process with the Fo value of 3 or more, so called conserved products; b) the products of eggs that were built before or during drying, subjected to heat treatment in the production of powdered eggs, pasteurization or sterilization.

Croatia · 2011-02-08