United Arab Emirates is imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products from Randers in Denmark

The information contained in Item 6 of the document G/SPS/N/ARE/216 should read as follows:6. Description of content: Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) in Randers in Denmark, 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 Randers in Denmark.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 Denmark;
- Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products (treated meat and treated egg products) from all regions in Denmark;
- Continue to allow the importation of non heat-treated poultry meat and table eggs and their products according to the approved health certificates;
- Consignments of table eggs and poultry meat and their products from Central Denmark Region (Midtjylland) that were produced after 25 October 2020 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 Denmark, and in compliance with Article 10.4.4. Chapter 10.4 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.