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 Castilla–La Mancha in Spain
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Following the notification published by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in (Castilla–La Mancha) Spain, 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 (Castilla–La Mancha) in Spain.This measure includes all measures taken in the issued emergency notification G/SPS/N/ARE/260 with an additional measure including the following:Consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat and table eggs and its products from (Castilla–La Mancha) in Spain produced after 10 of August 2022 are not allowed to be exported to the United Arab Emirates.This follows the publishing of the follow-up reports of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Spain, and in compliance with Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.