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

Emergency notifications (SPS) 2022-02-04
G/SPS/N/ARE/248

Description

Following the notification published by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Slovenia, 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 Slovenia.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 Slovenia to the United Arab Emirates.2. Applying the "mechanism of importing falcons from high-risk countries" on importing from Slovenia.3. Temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat and table eggs and their non-heat treated products from Slovenia to the United Arab Emirates.
4. Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products (treated meat and treated egg products) from  Slovenia.

Keywords

Animal health; Human health; Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization; Zoonoses; Food safety; Avian Influenza; Animal diseases