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Animal, Animal product or Restricted Material Imported Contrary to Act or Presenting Risk

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Permit Requirement Goods 20/04/2011
Summary:

A person need a written permission from the Minister to import or export aquatic organisms. The Minister can set conditions for approval, inspect, and take action on the organisms, including quarantine or destruction if necessary.
Description:

Animal health Act 1 of 2011 - Section 10.

(1) If a veterinary official knows or has reason to suspect that any animal, animal product or restricted article is being imported or proposed to be imported contrary to this Act or a condition of a permit, the veterinary official may direct that the animal, animal product or restricted material -

(a) may not be brought into Namibia; or

(b) if it has entered Namibia, may not be removed from the place of entry, except with the written authority of the veterinary official and in accordance with conditions imposed by the veterinary official in granting the authority.

(2) If it is ascertained or suspected on reasonable grounds that any imported animal, animal product or restricted material is infected or poses a health risk, a veterinary official may direct the importer or other person in charge of the animal, animal product or restricted material to destroy or dispose of the animal, animal product or restricted material in the manner and within the period determined by the veterinary official, at the expense of the importer or that person.

(3) If the direction of a veterinary official under subsection (2) is not carried out, the veterinary official may cause any action to be taken for the destruction or disposal of the animal and the expense connected with that action may be recovered from the importer as a debt owing to the State.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 0101 Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies
2 0202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen
3 0409 Natural honey
4 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen:
5 0407 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
6 0506 Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products:
7 0102 Live bovine animals: Cattle
8 0103 Live Swine: Pigs
9 0104 Live sheep and goats: Sheep
10 0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:
11 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:
12 0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
13 0210 Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:
14 0104 Live sheep and goats: Goats
15 1601 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products
16 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects
17 1502 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excluding those of heading 15.03):
18 0105 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls:
19 0106 Other live animals: Ostriches; emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae):
20 0401 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
21 0402 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
22 0403 Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:
23 0405 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:
24 0406 Cheese and curd:
25 0511.10 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption: Bovine semen
26 0505 Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers:
27 0507 Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products:
28 1501 Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat (excluding that of heading 02.09 or 15.03):
29 4102 Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split (excluding those excluded by Note 1(c) to this Chapter)
30 4103 Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split (excluding those excluded by Note 1(b) or 1(c) to this Chapter)
31 4104 Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
32 4105 Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
33 4106 Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared
34 4107 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split (excluding leather of heading 41.14)
35 4112 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchmentdressed leather, of sheep or lamb, without wool on, whether or not split (excluding leather of heading 41.14)
36 4113 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split (excluding leather of heading 41.14)
37 4114 Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and laminated leather; metallised leather
38 4115 Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls; parings and other waste of leather or of composition leather, not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour
39 0209 Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked:
40 2105 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa
41 0204 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen:

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Procedure for Application of a Namibian Veterinary Import Permit and Veterinary Import Permit for conveyance intransit
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import Permit 3 Months No
2 Procedures for Importation of Animals, Animal Products and Infectious Materials into Namibia
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Import Import permit 4 Months No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Animal health Act 1 of 2011 Act Import/Export