United Arab Emirates is imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products from Ireland

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Ireland, the 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 Ireland.These measures include:Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products and day-old chicks and hatching eggs from Ireland to the United Arab Emirates;Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products (treated meat and treated egg products) in addition to the heat-treated by-products from Ireland;Continue to allow the entry of consignments of unheat-treated table eggs according to the health certificate approved between the two countries;Allow the entry of consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat from areas (according to the second administrative division (county)) that are not infected, by provided the approved health certificate appendix for export of poultry meat and its products;Consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat and its products produced after 1 November 2022 from Monaghan in Ireland are not allowed to be exported to the United Arab Emirates.