Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 5423 dated 3 October 2022 entitled "Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Łódzkie in Poland"
Emergency notifications (SPS)
2022-10-03
G/SPS/N/SAU/478
Description
Following the WOAH report dated 19 September 2022, a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) outbreak has occurred in Łódzkie, 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 Łódzkie in Poland to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is temporarily suspended.
Keywords
Avian
Influenza;
Human
health;
Food
safety;
Zoonoses