In a joint note n ° 77/2025 published on April 28, the general customs administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China ordered the immediate suspension of imports of poultry and products of avian origin from the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region. The decision was made following the detection of a Newcastle disease home reported by the World Animal Health Organization, said Parlamane.
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Under the texts in force on biosecurity and quarantine of animals and plants at the borders, the measure prohibits the introduction in Chinese territory of any living or slaughtered poultry, as well as any non -sterilized poultry product from this Moroccan region. In particular concerned the eggs to be covered, the feathers, the carcasses, the viscera, as well as the processed products.
All these products, sent by postal package or transported in personal effects, will be systematically repressed or destroyed. Also, organic waste of animal origin, including food residues, by-products or effluents, who arrived in Chinese territory by air, maritime or land from Rabat-Salé-Kenitra will be destroyed by customs services.
Depending on the measure, it will also be the immediate destruction of any poultry product from this Moroccan region, seized on the border. Any offender is exposed to sanctions, in accordance with the texts in force, warned the Chinese authorities in their joint note. For the moment, no reaction from the Moroccan authorities has been recorded.
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Newcastle disease is a very contagious viral infection that mainly affects domestic poultry and certain species of wild birds. Caused by avian paramyxovirus, a virus from the paramyxoviridal family, it manifests itself in acute respiratory disorders, nervous disorders, severe diarrhea and a brutal fall in egg production. Although human transmission remains rare, the virus can cause benign conjunctivitis in people who have been in direct contact with infected animals.
