MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATIVES

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF VENISON INTO THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND

1) A health certificate in English signed by a full-time authorized veterinary official of the government of the exporting country stating:-

1.1) type of portions and package of the venison/venison products,
1.2) number of pieces or package and net weight,
1.3) names and addresses and registered number of the approved manufacturer
1.4) names and addresses of the exporter and the consignee,
1.5) dates of slaughter, manufacture, packaging and export,
1.6) certification of condition items (2) to (8).

2) The country of origin is free form Rinderpest and Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia.

3) The country/region/zone of origin has been free from Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and officially approved by the Office International des Epizooties (OIE), for at least 3 (three) years prior to export.

4) The deer which come to the abattoirs must come from an area in which animals diseases are under control. They must be healthy, free from signs of any infectious and contagious diseases including ectoparasitism.

5) The deer which come to the abattoirs must come from farms where no clinical signs or other evidence of Clostridial disease, Yersiniosis, Mucosal Disease, Johne's Disease, Bluetongue, Vesicular Stomatitis, Leptospirosis, Malignant Catarrhal Fever, Brucellosis and Tuberculosis has occurred during the past 12 (twelve) months prior to slaughter.

6) The venison have been processed in a designated establishment, approved for export to Thailand, in a sanitary manner under the supervision of a full-time veterinary official appointed by the government of the exporting country. Every precaution has been taken to prevent any contamination during the manufacturing, packaging, storage and until the time of export.

7) The venison do not contain preservatives, additives or any substances posing a harmful risk to human health.

8) The venison has been sampled to tests for food microorganisms as well as drug and pesticide residues according to the Codex Alimentarius and considered to be fit for human consumption.

9) The vehicles and containers used for transporting the meat should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected immediately prior to export.

10) The venison shall bear a health mark or meat inspection legend in any form of a label, seal or stamp for recognition that the venison itself has been produced in accordance with standards which are acceptable to Thailand.

11) The venison shall not be transhipped at any intermediate port.

12) The venison is subjected to inspection/detention for laboratory testing upon arrival in Thailand. The owner/importer shall be fully charged for incurred expenses.

13) Failure to follow the import procedures may result in returning the venison to the country of origin or destroying without compensation.




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Requirements for the importation into the Kingdom of Thailand

* Dogs and Cats * Breeding Swine * Breeding Sheep and Goats
* Breeding Cattle and Buffaloes * Horses * Zoo and Wild Animals
* Deer * Birds * Ratite (Ostrich/Emu) Meat * Ratites (Ostriches/Emus)
* Indible Products of Animal Origin * Ostrich Skins
* Pork and its Edible Products * Boar Semen * Bovine Semen
* Caprine or Ovine Semen * Bovine Embryos
* Beef,Mutton and Their Edible Prooducts * Venison
* Hatching Eggs/or Day-Old Poultry
* Poultry Meat and its Edible Products







 

 

 






Contact detail : Bureau of Disease Control and Veterinary Services. Department of Livestock
Development Phayathai road, Ratchtavee 10400 Tel. (02) 653-4550 - 7 ต่อ 4175 Fax. (02) 653-4929
E-mail : quarantine_dcontrol@dld.go.th