What are the US imports of poultry or poultry products from Germany?
Germany is not considered by the US to be free of exotic Newcastle disease. Consequently, the US did not import live poultry (chickens or turkey) or poultry meat or eggs from Germany in 2002 or Jan-Feb 2003. However, 1,650 other live birds were imported into the US from Germany in 2002 (Table 3). All live poultry and other bird species imported into the US (except from Canada) are required to have a USDA issued import permit, a health certificate issued by a government veterinarian in the country of origin, and be quarantined for 30 days in a USDA animal import quarantine facility. Testing for communicable diseases of poultry is completed during the quarantine. This includes pet birds as well as commercial birds.
