Source: Chris Scott, MEATINGPLACE, 7/18/16


The South Korean government has updated its requirements to allow the import of specific U.S. poultry and its products following a 2015 ban on poultry in the wake of last year’s outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

Heat-treated poultry and poultry meat products slaughtered after Jan. 1, 2015 but before Jan. 1, 2016 — and poultry processed after June 1, 2016 — will be allowed to enter the South Korea market, according to the updated export requirements from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) also has already established a voluntary Poultry Export Verification (EV) Program for Korea to ensure that the U.S.-sourced poultry meat and meat products qualify under the regulations.

South Korea briefly opened its market for U.S. poultry in November, but reinstated the ban earlier this year when HPAI was confirmed in Indiana.

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