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, poultry meat and table eggs from Kostromskaya province in Russia

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 29 December 2017 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Kostromskaya in Russia, 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 Kostromskaya. 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, poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products originating from Kostromskaya in Russia, except heat-treated products;
2. Consignments of poultry meat shipped from Kostromskaya in Russia, before 27 November 2017 were permitted.