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

Following the notification published by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Mexico, 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 Mexico.These measures include:1.    Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by‑products and day-old chicks and hatching eggs from Mexico to the United Arab Emirates;2.    Applying the "mechanism of importing falcons from high-risk countries" on importing from Mexico;3.    Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products (treated meat and treated egg products) from Mexico;4.    Continue to allow the importation of unheated poultry meat and table eggs from Mexico, according to the approved health certificate models, after remodifying the recovery period from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and re-gaining of the free status from three months to a period of no less than 28 days with the application of the stamping out policy.