Agriculture Department, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public that we added Gabon, Guinea, and Moldova to the list of regions that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service considers to be affected with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). These actions follow our imposition of HPAI- related restrictions on the importation of avian commodities originating from or transiting Gabon, Guinea, and Moldova as a result of the confirmation of HPAI in Gabon and Guinea, and reports of HPAI from the veterinary authorities of Moldova in the country.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service [Docket No. APHIS-2022-0047] AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we added Gabon, Guinea, and Moldova to the list of regions that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service considers to be affected with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). These actions follow our imposition of HPAI-related restrictions on the importation of avian commodities originating from or transiting Gabon, Guinea, and Moldova as a result of the confirmation of HPAI in Gabon and Guinea, and reports of HPAI from the veterinary authorities of Moldova in the country. DATES: Gabon, Guinea, and Moldova were added to the list of regions APHIS considers to be affected with HPAI, effective respectively on May 23, 2022; June 8, 2022; and January 31, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding HPAI in Gabon and Moldova, contact Dr. C. Aaron Monroy, Regionalization Evaluation Services, Strategy and Policy, VS, 920 Main Campus Drive, Venture II, Raleigh, NC 27606; phone: (919) 855-7207; email: AskRegionalization@usda.gov . For further information regarding HPAI in Guinea, contact Dr. Ingrid Kotowski, Regionalization Evaluation Services, Strategy and Policy, VS, 920 Main Campus Drive, Venture II, Raleigh, NC 27606; phone: (919) 855-7732; email: AskRegionalization@usda.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (…
Citation: 88 FR 35826
