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

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan.These measures include:
1. Temporary ban on the importation of day-old chicks, hatching eggs and non heat-treated poultry products (non heat-treated meat and meat products and non heat-treated eggs and egg products) from Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates;
2. Continue of the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds from Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates;
3. Regulating the exportation of heat-treated poultry products (heat-treated poultry meat and heat-treated table eggs) from Pakistan according to the health certificate forms will be approved between the two countries;
4. Consignments of heat treated poultry products from Pakistan will be released according to the health certificate form for export of "meat and meat products" and the health certificate form for export of "table eggs and egg products" currently used, provided that the competent authorities in Pakistan should send additional health statement saying that:
a. For heat-treated poultry meats: the necessary precautions were taken to avoid contact of the commodity with any source of avian influenza virus and the product(s) described above have been processed to ensure the inactivation of avian influenza virus in accordance with Article 10.4.24 of the OIE Terrestrial Code;
b. For heat-treated table eggs: the necessary precautions were taken to avoid contact of the commodity with any source of avian influenza virus and the product(s) described above have been processed to ensure the inactivation of avian influenza virus in accordance with Article 10.4.23 of the OIE Terrestrial Code;
5. Consignments of table eggs and poultry meat and their products from Pakistan that were produced after 15 July 2021 are not allowed to be exported to the United Arab Emirates.