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 Greece, and imposition of a temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat and table eggs from Dytiki Makedonia province in Greece

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 3 March 2017 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) in Dytiki Makedonia province in Greece, 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 Greece. 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 Greece;
2. Temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products from Dytiki Makedonia province in Greece, except heat-treated products; and
3. Consignments of poultry meat shipped from Dytiki Makedonia province in Greece before 17 January 2017 were permitted.