Lifting the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from Ireland

Addendum to Emergency Notification (SPS) 2021-08-02
G/SPS/N/ARE/224/Add.1

Description

The United Arab Emirates is lifting the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from Ireland, and regulating the importation of poultry meat and table eggs and their products according to the agreed health certificate for export of "meat and meat products" and the agreed health certificate for export of "table eggs and egg products" from Ireland to the United Arab Emirates. This follows the publishing of the Follow-up Reports of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Ireland, and in compliance with Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.

Keywords

Avian Influenza; Animal diseases; Food safety; Zoonoses; Animal health; Human health; Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization; Modification of content/scope of regulation