Amendments To Import Requirements for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

Open for public comment until Nov. 23, 2026. Comment on Regulations.gov

What it does

Current APHIS regulations specify that live birds and other avian commodities may not be exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) or sourced from premises quarantined for HPAI within the 90 days immediately preceding export to the United States. We are proposing to reduce this timeframe to 28 days preceding export to the United States. This action is necessary to align APHIS regulations with international standards regarding HPAI transmission. This action would allow foreign regions to resume the export of live birds and other avian commodities to the United States sooner following an outbreak of HPAI, while still providing adequate safeguards that the importation of the birds or other avian commodities does not present a risk of disseminating HPAI within the United States.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

2 parts of Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

9 CFR 93, 9 CFR 94

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0579-AE77 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

We will consider all comments that we receive on or before November 23, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket APHIS-2023-0069 on Regulations.gov
• Title 9 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register