Live poultry exports requirements

Information on requirements, particularly health requirements, but also everything related to what is required to export day-old chicks and/or hatching eggs of poultry (chickens and turkeys primarily) is not always readily available and, when it is, it may change suddenly. This blog will try to address this area by providing sources of information for those companies and individuals seeking or already doing business of live poultry from the USA to countries around the globe. It will also aim at providing updated information on specific countries that, for different reasons might change their requirements for these kind of commodities.

The reason for this blog is that most of the information available for exporting day-old chicks and/or hatching eggs of poultry is limited, not always accurate, or inconsistent. By having a spot where information can be shared or guidelines can be found, we hope to be able to bring guidelines for a more consistent process of exporting these commodities and hopefully headache-free!

This site will be useful to those companies active in this business, basically primary breeders and multipliers of poultry but it may also be a starting point for companies seeking to export similar kind of product abroad, such as those from other avian species, not classified as poultry.

As starting point for your exports of live poultry, check the USDA website for international animal export regulations (aka IREGs) at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/regulations/vs/iregs/animals/ where the countries are listed in alphabetical order. Once you enter the link for a country of interest, you will find general information regarding live animal exports and then more specific information by animal species. Live poultry is one of them. If you find live poultry, you are lucky! because that information is not always avaialble for all countries listed on the IREGs site.

Let's leave this topic here and tackle more specific questions as this blog takes off. Happy blogging! and don't hesitate to send in your comments and questions.