# 2026-11644: USDA Extends Egg Import Reporting Requirements

2026-11644, Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Table Eggs From Regions Where Newcastle Disease or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Is Considered to Exist and Exportation of Poultry and Hatching Eggs, is a Federal Register notice from Agriculture Department, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published 2026-06-10, effective We will consider all comments that we receive on or before August 10, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-17).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-11644
- Title: Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Table Eggs From Regions Where Newcastle Disease or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Is Considered to Exist and Exportation of Poultry and Hatching Eggs
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Agriculture Department; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Citation: 91 FR 35174
- Published: 2026-06-10
- Effective: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before August 10, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-08-10
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-17

## In one line

USDA Extends Egg Import Reporting Requirements

## Summary

The USDA is updating and extending the paperwork rules for importing table eggs from places with bird diseases like Newcastle disease and avian flu, and for exporting poultry and hatching eggs from the U.S. This affects farmers, egg importers, and exporters who’ll need to follow the revised info collection. Comments on these changes are open until August 10, 2026, with no new fees announced.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an information collection associated with the regulations for the importation of table eggs from regions where Newcastle disease or highly pathogenic avian influenza is considered to exist and exportation of poultry and hatching eggs from the United States.

## Effects PRIA read

- Exporters must provide health certificates: cost, medium. If you export poultry or hatching eggs from the United States, you must provide certification that the animals are free of disease as required by 9 CFR 91.3. Owners and exporters must submit health and identification information on an export health certificate for poultry and hatching eggs.
- Imported table eggs need certificate and seal: cost, medium. If you import table eggs from regions where Newcastle disease or highly pathogenic avian influenza exists (the notice specifically references regions including Mexico), you must provide a certificate for table eggs and a government seal issued by the national government–accredited veterinarian as r…
- Paperwork collection extended; burden quantified: cost, medium. APHIS is requesting OMB approval to extend this information collection for 3 years. The agency estimates the average burden is 0.501 hours per response, with 161 respondents, 66 responses per respondent, 10,547 total annual responses, and 5,280 total annual burden hours; comments are due by August…

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## Sources
- [2026-11644 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/10/2026-11644/notice-of-request-for-revision-to-and-extension-of-approval-of-an-information-collection-importation)
- [2026-11644 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-10/pdf/2026-11644.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11644 (as of 2026-06-17).