Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday lifted the ban on import of poultry from “non-infected areas.
The order by Navin K. Choudhary (IAS), Principal Secretary to Government, makes it mandatory for the importers and suppliers to provide a certificate from District Veterinary Officer/ Chief Animal Husbandry Officer of the concerned district of the sourced State/UT that the source of poultry is not from any infected area/suspected area and also not within 10 kilometers radius of notified Bird Flu infected zone.
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“Director Animal Husbandry Kashmir will setup a robust surveillance centre at Lower Munda to lift samples from each vehicle carrying poultry for testing and Director Animal Husbandry Jammu will further strengthen the surveillance system including testing of samples from each consignment at Lakhanpur,” reads the order, adding, “ Further, all Chief Animal Husbandry Officers will make a system to visit poultry importers, poultry farms and sale points on daily basis for surveillance purpose.”
Government had earlier banned the imports as soon bird flu scare started and has lifted it when six states including neighboring Punjab confirmed avian influenza in poultry.
