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The Republic of Belarus has introduced temporary restrictions on poultry imports from Odesa and Chernivtsi regions due to bird flu outbreaks, according to instructions dated January 4, posted on the website of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry's Veterinary and Food Control Department.
The ban is imposed on imports of live poultry and poultry meat, hatching eggs, down and feather; wild, zoo and circus birds; egg powder, egg melange, albumin, and other chicken egg processed products.
Read alsoEU bans imports of Ukrainian poultry due to bird fluAlso, the agency introduced restrictions on the import of Ukrainian fodder and feed additives made of poultry; as well as on wildfowl and equipment used for transportation, cages, slaughter and cutter machines.
In addition, Belarus banned poultry imports from certain areas of Denmark, Russia, and France.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the first outbreaks of bird flu in Ukraine in 2016 were recorded in Kherson region on November 30. Previous bird flu outbreaks were registered in Ukraine's Crimea in 2008 (four cases).
New bird flu outbreaks were registered in Chernivtsi and Odesa regions in early January 2017.