Live poultry (HS Code: 0105), and poultry products including poultry meat (HS Code: 0207), day-old chicks (HS Code: 0105.11), hatching eggs, except heat-treated meat

United Arab Emirates is imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old chicks, hatching eggs from Italy, and imposition of a temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs from Veneto province in Italy.

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 23 January 2017 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) in Veneto province in Italy, 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 Italy. These measures include:

1.  Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products, day-old chicks and hatching eggs originating from Italy;

2.  Temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products from Veneto province in Italy, except heat-treated products;

3.  Consignments of poultry meat shipped from Veneto province in Italy before 31 December 2016 were permitted.