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 South Africa, and imposition of a temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat and table eggs from Mpumalanga in South Africa

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 22 June 2017 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Mpumalanga in South Africa, 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 South Africa. 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 South Africa;
Temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products from Mpumalanga in South Africa, except heat-treated products;
Consignments of poultry meat shipped from Mpumalanga in South Africa before 1 June 2017 were permitted.