Sri Lanka: Success Story - Potential Detention of Thousands of U.S. Day-Old-Chicks Resolved

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Sri Lanka: Success Story - Potential Detention of Thousands of U.S. Day-Old-Chicks Resolved

FAS Colombo\New Delhi and APHIS New Delhi engaged with the Sri Lanka Department of Animal Production and Health, clarifying the current situation of Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI) following a reported outbreak in a backyard layer flock in Webster County, Missouri on November 7, 2020. Post's timely intervention and negotiations averted the potential rejection and loss of a roughly 7,500 live bird shipment from the U.S. valued at about $156,000. Post similarly intervened in January 2021 in the case of a 46,000 live bird stock shipment.

Trade Policy, Exporting
South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka

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