Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) is thinking about temporarily banning all poultry products from the United States passing through Russian territory to Kazakhstan.
According to Russian media outlet RIA Novosti, the veterinarians are concerned that poultry from the U .S. might be carrying highly pathogenic avian influenza.
They point to the current rate of avian flu outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza totaling 290 cases this year.
Imports from the U.S. through Russia to Kazakhstan decreased from 23,000 tons in 2022 to less than 15,000 tons this year.
The U.S. has had an explosion of avian flu outbreaks this month. Last week, animal health officials in California confirmed a total of more than 549,000 HPAI cases among commercial layers and WOAH non-poultry in two counties since Dec.18.
