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 the Netherlands, and imposition of a temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs from Flevoland in the Netherlands

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 10 December 2017 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Flevoland in the Netherlands, 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 the Netherlands. These measures include:
1. Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products, day-old chicks and hatching eggs originating from the Netherlands;
2. Temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products from Flevoland in the Netherlands, except heat-treated products;
3. Consignments of poultry meat shipped from Flevoland in the Netherlands before 17 November 2017 were permitted.