Lifting temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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 from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat and table eggs from Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 19 December 2018. This follows the publishing of the Final report (Follow-up report No. 10) of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 19 December 2017, and in compliance with Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.