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 Belgium, and imposition of a temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat and table eggs from West-Vlaanderen province in Belgium

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 19 June 2017 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in West-Vlaanderen province in Belgium, 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 Belgium. 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 Belgium;
Temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products from West-Vlaanderen province in Belgium, except heat-treated products;
Consignments of poultry meat shipped from West-Vlaanderen province in Belgium before 21 May 2017 were permitted.