The Ministerial Decree of the importation of plant hosts from countries that have recorded infections of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera Frugiperda: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

This Ministerial Decree aims to set out the phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into the United Arab Emirates of Spodoptera frugiperda hosts originating in and coming from infected countries. The amendment was on the requirements for the importation of vegetables and fruits and became as follows: "Phytosanitary measures for fresh fruits and vegetables listed in Annex (2) which are imported from countries where the insect is registered: To prove in the additional declaration of phytosanitary certificates that the consignment is free from fall armyworm on the basis of visual inspection."