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 Haskovo in Bulgaria
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Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) in Haskovo in Bulgaria, 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 Haskovo in Bulgaria.
These measures include all measures taken in the issued emergency notification G/SPS/N/ARE/234 with additional measure included as follows:Consignments of table eggs and poultry meat and their products from Haskovo in Bulgaria that were produced after 2 April 2021 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
Bulgaria, and in compliance with Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.