Veterinary and sanitary requirements No. 13-8-01/1-1 regarding import to the Russian Federation of pedigree cattle and common cattle. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Cattle Vaccination Animal production International trade Certification Hygiene/sanitary procedures Quarantine Animal health Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract Healthy pedigree cattle, born and bred in the exporting country, is admitted to the territory of the Russian Federation on condition that female species bear not over than 5 months' pregnancy and the total number is not vaccinated from brucellosis, foot-and-mouth disease and leptospirosis and comes from infectious animal disease free farms and administrative territories. Cattle destined for export in the Russian Federation must not be genetically related to species originated from Great Britain, France, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal and any other country infected by BSE. Cattle is admitted to the territory of the Russian Federation on condition that it has not been fed by feedstuffs containing additives composed of internal organs and tissues of ruminants by feedstuffs produced with the use of genetically modified additives or other genetically modified sources. Cattle selected for export to the Russian Federation must be confined for at least 21 days to special quarantine stations in the exporting country and must be kept under observation for the whole period of confinement by the representatives of the Veterinary department of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The compliance with these Veterinary and sanitary requirements must be certified by veterinary certificate, signed by the state veterinary inspector of the exporting country and composed in the language of the country of origin and in Russian. Dispatch of cattle to the Russian Federation is possible only after the authorization issued to the importer by Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Full text Russian Website www.aris.ru