Arlington, VA - Nov. 21, 2019 - The American Feed Industry Association has received clarification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that last week’s announcement from China only includes poultry imports for human consumption and does not include other poultry products, such as those used in pet food.
At this time, the import restriction for pet food with poultry products is still in effect despite there being no difference in the risk of introducing poultry diseases between importing poultry for human or animal consumption.
AFIA is extremely disappointed to learn that China is implementing only a partial lifting of the ban and we look forward to working with APHIS and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to rectify the situation.
For more information, please contact Sarah Novak at 703-558-3574 or snovak@afia.org