Lifting of the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products including poultry meat, day-old chicks, and eggs, from Békés and Csongrád provinces in Hungary

The United Arab Emirates is lifting the ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products including poultry meat, day-old chicks and eggs originating from Békés and Csongrád provinces in Hungary. This follows the publishing of the Final report (Follow-up report No. 15) of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on 16 June 2017, and in compliance with Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Hungary is now free from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza disease. The risk of contamination from importing poultry and poultry products from Hungary is negligible now.