1Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Poultry Meat   
 
Amendment proposed by the Council of Agriculture on September 11, 2009 
(TRANSLATION) 
 (In case of any divergence in the transl ation, Chinese text shall prevail.)  
 
Previous name:  Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of the Carcasses, Offal and Other 
Products Derived from Poultry 
 
Article 1 
Definition 1.  “Poultry” refers to animals including chicken, ducks, geese, turkey a nd the other animals as 
designated by the central competent authority of this country. 
2.  “Meat” refers to products in cluding carcasses, meat and internal organs derived from poultry 
and the products manufactured by using aforementi oned carcasses, meat and internal organs.  
3.  “Designated establishments” refers to establishments for producing meat, including 
slaughterhouses, cutting plants, processi ng plants, cold stores and warehouses. 
 
Article 2 
This Requirements may not apply to the exporting country which has signed with this country a 
bilateral agreement to include re levant quarantine requirements. 
 
Article 3 
To import poultry meat, the exportin g country (or zone) shall have been recognized as free from 
highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and New castle disease (ND) by the central competent 
authority of this country. 
 
Article 4 
If the exporting country (or zone) has not yet been recognized by the central competent authority of 
this country as free from ND, its poultry meat sha ll have been treated by heating before exportation. 
The heating treatment shall reach a core temperat ure of the meat products to 70  for at least 30 ℃
minutes, or 80  for at least 9 minutes, or  100  for at least 1 minute, or by other ℃℃ heating method to 
assure complete destroy of ND virus. 
 
Article 5  2The HPAI, ND and H5 or H7 subtype low pathogeni city notifiable avian influenza (LPNAI) shall 
be notifiable diseases and subjec t to regular surveillance progra m(s) in the exporting country. 
 
Article 6 
The exporting country (or zone) has been free from HPAI, ND and H5 or H7 subtype LPNAI for at 
least 90 days before the day of ship ment of the exported poultry meat. 
 
Article 7 
The ante- and postmortem inspection system in the slaughtering of the expor ting country shall meet 
the requirements as set in the relevant regulations by this country. 
 
Article 8 
To export poultry meat to this country, the co mpetent authority of the exporting country shall 
submit an application accompanied with relevant information on its poultry meat inspection system 
to the animal quarantine authority of this c ountry for approval. The approval process includes 
documents review and on-site inspection. 
 
Article 9 
The designated establishments shall record the sp ecies, place of origin of the poultry, dates of 
slaughtering and processing and quantity of each batch of the poultry meat, which was slaughtered, cut, processed or stored in the establishments, a nd shall keep the records for at least two years. 
 
Article 10 
A sample copy of veterinary certificate and offi cial stamp from the competent authority of the 
exporting country shall be submitted for approval by the animal quarantine authority of this country. 
 
Article 11 
The poultry for slaughter shall be hatche d and raised in th e exporting country. 
 
Article 12 The poultry meat cut, processed and stored in th e designated establishments shall originate from 
poultry slaughtered in the exporting country. If the poultry meat is imported from a third country (or 
zone), it shall comply with the following requirements: 1.  The third country (or zone) shall be a c ountry (or zone) free from HPAI and ND and in 
compliance with Article 3 and Article 4 of this Requirements.  32.  The poultry meat shall originate from pou ltry born and raised in the third country. 
3.  The poultry meat shall come from the designated establishments in the third country which are 
approved by the animal quarantine authority of this country. 
4.  The poultry meat shall be imported directly fr om the third country into the exporting country 
and shall not be transshipped through other coun try (or zone). 
 
Article 13 The poultry or poultry meat shall not be contacted with those from different origin during 
transportation from the raising farm to th e slaughterhouse and duri ng holding, slaughtering, 
processing, cutting, packing, storage and shipping. 
 
Article 14 
The poultry shall be subject to and pass ante- and post-mortem in spection which was conducted by 
official inspectors and supervised by official veterinarians of the exporting country in the designated 
establishments. The poultry meat shall be fit for human consumption.  
 
Article 15 
During in the designated establishments or transp ortation, the meat shall be kept in sanitary 
condition and be free from contamination by pathogenic organisms or toxic substances and shall be 
transported with clean and sanitary containers. The package of the poultry meat shall bear the stamp 
of the competent authority of th e exporting country indicating that the meat was inspection-passed 
and the registration number of the designated establishments. 
 
Article 16 
If the shipment needs to be transshipped through a third country (or zone) during transportation, it 
shall comply with the requirements of the Rule s of Import Quarantine Operation for Animal 
Products Transported by Closed Container. 
 
Article 17 
If necessary, the animal quarantine authority of this country may send inspectors to conduct on-site 
re-inspection of the exporting c ountry. If the exporting country does not accept the inspection or 
incompliance with this Requirements has been found, the central competent authority of this country may suspend the importation of the poultry meat from the exporting country or from the 
designated establishments concerned.  4 
Article 18 
In case HPAI or other infectious diseases occur or the poultry meat are found contaminated by toxic 
substances, the competent authority of the e xporting country shall suspend immediately the 
exportation of the poultry meat to this country and inform the anim al quarantine authority of this 
country the detail of the event. 
 
Article 19 
The competent authority of the exporting countr y should have official veterinarians at the 
designated establishments and c onduct regular in spection of the said es tablishments. If an 
establishment is found with any in compliance with this Requirements, the competent authority of 
the exporting country shall nullify its qualification as designated establishment, stop the export of 
its poultry meat to this country, a nd inform the animal quarantine aut hority of this country the detail 
of the event. After the incompliance has been corrected, the comp etent authority of the exporting 
country shall inform the animal qua rantine authority of this country. 
 
Article 20 An original veterinary certifi cate issued by the quarantine aut hority of the exporting country in 
English, Chinese or both Chinese and English is required to accompany with each consignment. 
The certificate shall state the following: (1)  Name and address of consignor and consignee. 
(2)  Name, address and registration numb er of the designated establishments. 
(3)  Type of products, number of the packages and net weight. 
(4)  Date of slaughtering of  fresh meat or date of p ackaging of processed meat. 
(5)  The exporting country (or zone) has been recognized as fr ee from HPAI and ND by the central 
competent authority of this country. If the exporting country (or zone) has not yet been 
recognized as free from ND by the central competen t authority of this co untry of this country, 
shall state the temperature and time of heat treatment. 
(6)  The exporting countr y (or zone) has been free from HPAI, ND and H5 or H7 subtype LPNAI 
for at least 90 days before the da y of shipment of the exported meat. 
(7)  The consignment complies with Articles 5, 6 and Article 11 to 15 of this Requirements. 
(8)  Container numbers and seal numbers. (9)  Date, place and authority of issuance of the certifi cate, official stamps and name and signature 
of the veterinary officer.