United Arab Emirates is imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from Bulgaria, and imposition of a temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat and table eggs from Dobrich in Bulgaria

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 8 March 2018 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Dobrich 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 Bulgaria. These measures include:
Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products, day-old chicks and hatching eggs originating from Bulgaria;
Temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products from Dobrich, except heat-treated products; and
Consignments of poultry meat shipped from Dobrich before 10 February 2018 were permitted.