EU suspends US poultry imports from new Indiana bird-flu zones, reopens cleared Canada, Chile and US zones
EU poultry importers must refuse consignments from new US Indiana bird-flu zones and may resume entry from cleared Canada, Chile and US zones
Change
On 11 June 2026 the European Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1344, amending Annexes V and XIV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 to suspend entry of poultry, poultry products and fresh poultry and game-bird meat from eight newly HPAI-affected US zones in Indiana while re-authorising entry from previously suspended zones in Canada, Chile and the United States, effective the day after publication.
Why it matters
The amendment is triggered by eight new HPAI outbreaks confirmed in Indiana poultry between 20 and 29 May 2026, prompting US 10 km restricted zones and a stamping-out policy. Entry into the Union of the covered commodities from the new US zones US-2.1386 to US-2.1393 is suspended. In parallel, Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (Metropolitan Region) and multiple earlier US zones are re-authorised after the Commission accepted evidence of completed stamping-out, cleaning and disinfection. The covered commodities are poultry and germinal products of poultry (Annex V) and fresh meat of poultry and game birds (Annex XIV). The Regulation is binding and directly applicable, and applies as a matter of urgency.
Implications
- — EU poultry importers and import-clearance teams must update their authorised-zone reference data to refuse consignments of poultry, poultry products and fresh poultry and game-bird meat originating in the newly suspended US zones US-2.1386 to US-2.1393 (Elkhart and LaGrange Counties, Indiana) — consignments from these zones are no longer eligible for entry into the Union from force of the Regulation.
- — EU border-control posts and official veterinarians must apply the revised Annex V and Annex XIV entries when checking health certificates — certificates referencing a suspended US zone must be rejected, and certificates from the re-authorised Canada, Chile and US zones accepted, against the closing dates set in the amended rows.
- — Importers sourcing from the re-authorised zones in Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (Metropolitan Region) and the listed earlier US zones may resume consignments, but must confirm the consignment's zone code and date fall within the re-authorised window before clearing — entry outside the listed dates remains non-compliant.
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