Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 14529 dated 8 January  2023 entitled "Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Wielkopolskie in Poland"

Following the Embassy of Poland in Saudi Arabia report dated 28 December 2022, a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) outbreak has occurred in Wielkopolskie in Poland. In compliance with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 10.4, it is deemed necessary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prevent the entry of HPAI into the country. Therefore, the import of poultry meat, eggs and their products (with the exception of processed poultry meat and egg products exposed to either heat or other treatments that ensure deactivation of avian influenza viruses) from Wielkopolskie in Poland to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is temporarily suspended.