In order to prevent the introduction of H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus into Japan, MAFF has suspended the import of day-old chicks and hatching eggs of poultry, and liquid poultry eggs from the compartment No. 3, 9 and 12 of the Netherlands, including those shipped through third countries, from 24 November 2020 based on the "Animal Health Requirements for day-old chicks and hatching eggs of poultry to be exported to Japan from the Kingdom of the Netherlands" and the Articles 37 and 44 of the "Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control".
Taking into consideration the incubation period of the HPAI virus stipulated in the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, poultry products attached with health certificates attesting that the products were produced on and before the 30 October 2020 and were stored and handled in a way to prevent exposure of pathogens of any animal infectious diseases prior to shipment will be the exception from the suspension.
