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 Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) in the Monaghan County 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 the Monaghan County in Ireland.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 Ireland to the United Arab Emirates;2- Applying the "mechanism of importing falcons from high-risk countries" on importing from Ireland;3- 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 all regions in Ireland;
4- Allow the entry of consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat and table eggs from areas (according to the first administrative division (County)) that are not infected, according to the currently used health certificate models, provided that the competent authorities of the country of export send a health statement: "The imported products were produced (and packed) from live poultry from a facility (farm/slaughterhouse/packing facility) in an area (defined within a 25 km radius around the facility) in which no highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been recorded for a period of no less than 28 days prior to exportation with the application of the destruction policy or for a period of no less than 12 months prior to export without applying the policy of destruction;
5- Consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat and table eggs and its products from the Monaghan County are not allowed to be exported to the United Arab Emirates.