Kyrgyzstan tightens veterinary control over imports of animals, animal products

BISHKEK. March 23 (Interfax) - Kyrgyzstan has imposed extra veterinary and sanitary control measures to prevent the importation and spread of infections among animals, the Kyrgyz veterinary service's epizootic control department said.

Essential measures have been taken in line with existing legislation to prevent the importation and spread of pathogens of infectious diseases, as well as products and goods of animal origin that do not meet veterinary and biological safety standards, it said.

Kyrgyzstan is monitoring and assessing the epizootic situation in countries and regions where outbreaks of infectious animal diseases have been recorded, and based on this data, it could impose temporary restrictions on imports from these countries or regions, it said.

"The measures being taken are aimed at providing the state's epizootic wellbeing, enhancing veterinary and biological safety, protecting public health, and ensuring food security in the Kyrgyz Republic," it said.