Notifications for United Arab Emirates (378 notifications)

This draft technical regulation is applied to General Requirements for Transportation and Storage of Chilled and Frozen Foods.

This draft technical regulation applies to canned beef and mutton meat intended for human consumption, packed in hermetically sealed containers.

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Ecuador, the United Arab Emirates is applying a precautionary sanitary measure to prevent the risk of introducing HPAI virus through the imports of live birds and their products from Ecuador.These measures include:Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated poultry product and by-products and day-old chicks and hatching eggs from Ecuador to the United Arab Emirates;Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products and by-products from Ecuador;Continue to allow the entry of consignments of unheat-treated table eggs according to the health certificate approved between the two countries.

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Ireland, the United Arab Emirates is applying a precautionary sanitary measure to prevent the risk of introducing HPAI virus through the imports of live birds and their products from Ireland.These measures include:Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products and day-old chicks and hatching eggs from Ireland to the United Arab Emirates;Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products (treated meat and treated egg products) in addition to the heat-treated by-products from Ireland;Continue to allow the entry of consignments of unheat-treated table eggs according to the health certificate approved between the two countries;Allow the entry of consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat from areas (according to the second administrative division (county)) that are not infected, by provided the approved health certificate appendix for export of poultry meat and its products;Consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat and its products produced after 1 November 2022 from Monaghan in Ireland are not allowed to be exported to the United Arab Emirates.

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Denmark, the United Arab Emirates is applying a precautionary sanitary measure to prevent the risk of introducing HPAI virus through the imports of live birds and their products from Denmark.These measures include:Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products, day-old chicks and hatching eggs from Denmark to the United Arab Emirates;Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products (treated meat and treated egg products) in addition to the heat-treated by-products from Denmark;Continue to allow the entry of consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat and table eggs based on the requirements included in the health certificate approved between the two countries.

Following the notification published by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in (Castilla–La Mancha) Spain, the United Arab Emirates is applying a precautionary sanitary measure to prevent the risk of introducing HPAI virus through the imports of live birds and their products from (Castilla–La Mancha) in Spain.This measure includes all measures taken in the issued emergency notification G/SPS/N/ARE/260 with an additional measure including the following:Consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat and table eggs and its products from (Castilla–La Mancha) in Spain produced after 10 of August 2022 are not allowed to be exported to the United Arab Emirates.This follows the publishing of the follow-up reports of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Spain, and in compliance with Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.

This Technical Regulation is concerned with the requirements for the Ultra High Temperature (UHT) fermented milk and flavoured fermented milk (long life) for direct consumption or further processing in conformity with the definitions in article 3 of this regulation.

This Technical regulation is concerned with the requirements of Ultra High Temperature Milk (UHT) and flavoured milk (long life), intended for direct consumption.

This Technical regulation is concerned with sterilized milk and standardized sterilized milk, intended for direct consumption.

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Spain, the United Arab Emirates is applying a precautionary sanitary measure to prevent the risk of introducing HPAI virus through the imports of live birds and their products from Spain.These measures include:Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products and day-old chicks and hatching eggs from Spain to the United Arab Emirates;Applying the "mechanism of importing falcons from high-risk countries" on importing from Spain;Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products (treated meat and treated egg products) in addition to the heat-treated by-products from Spain;Allow the entry of consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat and table eggs from areas (according to the first administrative division (autonomous community)) that are not infected, according to the currently used health certificate models, provided that the competent authorities of the country of export attached the approved certificate appendix approved between the two countries on 12 February 2022;Consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat and table eggs and its products from Andalucía in Spain are not allowed to be exported to the United Arab Emirates.

This Technical regulation is concerned with the requirements that must be met in yoghurt prepared for direct consumption.

The addendum is regarding to unreadable words (in Arabic language) in health certificate forms due to a technical issue in the document. The document was fixed and uploaded again.

United Arab Emirates is circulating the draft of the revised Ministerial Resolution number 335 of 2018 concerning the regulation of the importation of living animals, their products and their by-products.

This draft guide lays down the conditions and requirements for exporting food to the GCC countries, the GCC approved inspection and monitoring procedures, and the framework for applying this guide to shipments and consignments arriving at GCC points of entry.

Following the WOAH reports, an outbreak of Monkey Pox disease has occurred in the African countries. Therefore to prevent the entry of the disease into the country, the United Arab Emirates is applying a precautionary sanitary measure to prevent the risk of introducing Monkey Pox disease.These measures include:1. Imposing a temporary ban on the import of primates (other than human) and rodents from West African countries where the disease is endemic and neighboring and inter-related countries (Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan);2. Continuation of the current procedure of isolating animals( primates other than human for a period of 30 days and examining them for Monkey Pox disease for primate consignments imported to the country according to the certificate forms contained in the annex to Ministerial Resolution No. 335 of 2018.

The title and the paragraph contained in G/SPS/N/ARE/232/Add.2 should read as follows:Lifting the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by‑product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from the Czech RepublicThe United Arab Emirates is lifting the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from the Czech Republic. This follows the publishing of the follow-up Reports of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the Czech Republic, and in compliance with Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.

Following the notifications published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) in  Belgium, the United Arab Emirates is applying a precautionary sanitary measure to prevent the risk of introducing HPAI virus through the imports of live birds and their products from Belgium.These measures include:-        Continue the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products, day-old chicks and hatching eggs from Belgium until the health situation stabilizes;-        Apply the "mechanism of importing falcons from high-risk countries" on importing from Belgium;-        Allow the importation of heat-treated by-products from Belgium;-        Allow the  importation of non-heat-treated poultry products (untreated meat and untreated egg products) from  Belgium;-        Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products (treated meat and treated egg products) from  Belgium.This follows the publishing of the follow-up reports of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in  Belgium, and in compliance with Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.

The United Arab Emirates is lifting the temporary ban on the importation of all kinds of live ruminants (sheep, goats, cows, buffaloes, camels and deer) and their untreated products and by-products from Sudan according to update on the epidemiological situation.

The United Arab Emirates is lifting the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs, poultry meat and table eggs and their non-heat treated products from the Czech Republic. This follows the publishing of the follow-up Reports of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the Czech Republic, and in compliance with Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.

The United Arab Emirates is lifting the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs, poultry meat and table eggs and their non-heat treated products from Romania. This follows the publishing of the follow-up Reports of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Romania , and in compliance with Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.