Singapore has completed a review of the import conditions for live domestic birds (including day-old chicks, domestic birds), poultry and poultry products, and hatching eggs, to allow the use of vaccination against High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) if certain conditions are met. These conditions are aligned with the recommendations of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). The amendments are as follows:
a. Conditions for importation of poultry and poultry products
• To allow the use of HPAI vaccines (excluding live/live-attenuated vaccines) that comply with standards described in the WOAH Terrestrial Manual and approved by the competent authority of the exporting country.
b. Conditions for importation of live domestic birds
• To allow the use of HPAI vaccines (excluding live/live-attenuated vaccines) that comply with standards described in the WOAH Terrestrial Manual and approved by the competent authority of the exporting country. Details of vaccine used for each consignment exported (e.g. nature of vaccine and date of vaccination) are to be provided.
• If HPAI vaccines were used, to ensure that the flock had been tested negative for HPAI within 14 days of export, using methods stated in WOAH Terrestrial Manual for detection of HPAI virus (e.g. virus isolation or real-time RT-PCR).
c. Conditions for importation of day-old chicks and hatching eggs
• To allow the use of HPAI vaccines (excluding live/live-attenuated vaccines) that comply with standards described in the WOAH Terrestrial Manual and approved by the competent authority of the exporting country for parent flocks and/or day-old chicks. Details of vaccine used for each consignment exported (e.g. nature of vaccine and date of vaccination) are to be provided.
If an exporting country is not practising HPAI vaccination to control the disease, the existing import conditions for these goods continue to apply with no change.
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