Temporary restrictions on the importation of live animals and their products to the territory of Kazakhstan from South Africa

Foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks have been reported in South Africa, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health's official notification, according to the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Agriculture. Temporary restrictions on the importation of live FMD-susceptible animals, genetic material that ensures the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus, milk and dairy products, wool, hair, bristles, trophies, intestinal raw materials, hides and skins, used equipment for their maintenance, meat and meat products not subjected to heat treatment, slaughter and processing, feed and feed additives for animals from the territories of South Africa, as well as transit through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan have been put in place as a result as of November 17, 2022.