United Arab Emirates is imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from Czech Republic

Emergency notifications (SPS) 2020-01-22
G/SPS/N/ARE/196

Description

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 20 January 2020 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) in Czech Republic, 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 Czech Republic.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 Czech Republic.
Regulating the import of poultry meat and non-heat treated products according to the health certificate for exporting meat and meat products from Czech Republic to the United Arab Emirates, accompanying the consignments for releasing purpose.
Regulating the import of table eggs and its non-heat treated products according to the health certificate for exporting table eggs from Czech Republic to the United Arab Emirates, accompanying the consignments for releasing purpose.
Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products (treated meat and treated egg products) from all provinces of Czech Republic.

Keywords

Animal diseases; Food safety; Avian Influenza; Animal health; Human health; Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization; Zoonoses