Compliance Policy

Product, trade and import rules: who is responsible

Global B2B Group and its platforms, including HatchMatch Group, are committed to conducting their own activities in accordance with the laws and regulations that apply to them.

HatchMatch facilitates sourcing and requests for quotation (RFQs) for commercial poultry, egg and hatchery buyers. It does not itself manufacture, breed, hatch, produce, sell, export or import the birds, eggs, products or equipment discussed on this site, and it is not a regulatory authority, inspection body or certification body.

Each participant is responsible for the legal requirements that apply to its own role. The allocation below applies to the extent the applicable law places a duty on that role; it does not change who the law makes responsible.

Suppliers, producers and exporters are responsible for ensuring that the products they offer and supply meet the applicable requirements in the origin and destination jurisdictions, where relevant — including product safety and quality, licensing and registration, certification, labelling, traceability, sanitary (animal-health and food-safety) requirements, export rules, and customs and shipping documentation.

Examples of what may apply — only where relevant to the product and route

• Live birds, day-old chicks and hatching eggs: veterinary health certificates and import permits required by the importing country, conditions on flock or hatchery origin and disease status, and animal-welfare rules for transport.
• Table eggs, egg products and poultry meat: food-safety rules, approval or listing of the producing establishment where the destination requires it, grading, marking and labelling, temperature control and official health certificates.
• Poultry equipment and housing: product-safety and conformity rules in the destination market (for example for electrical equipment or machinery) with the related marking or declarations, installation requirements, and customs classification or export-control checks.

Buyers and importers remain responsible for their own import permissions and registrations, the requirements of their own country and site, and their own due diligence on suppliers, products and documents before they contract.

Requirements differ by product, origin, transit and destination country, and they change. No single checklist applies everywhere: confirm the current rules for each product and route with the competent authority.

What this does and does not mean

• HatchMatch remains responsible for the legal duties that apply to its own activities, such as data protection, sanctions and trade-control screening, and the accuracy of what it states in its own name.
• HatchMatch does not guarantee that any supplier, product or document complies with the law. Where our team reviews documents, we say what was reviewed and when; a review is not an inspection, certification or official approval.
• Our team screens requests against our trade-rule register before contacting suppliers. This screening helps identify restricted or prohibited trade; it is not a legal clearance.
• A contract cannot move a duty that the law places on a particular party, and nothing in our terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
• This is general information, not legal advice. For your situation, consult a qualified adviser and the competent authority.

Details: Terms of Service — responsibilities by role · Supplier Terms · Buyer Terms · Trade-rule register