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 the state of Tennessee, United States of America, and imposition of a temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat and table eggs from Lincoln province in the state of Tennessee, United States of America.

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 6 March 2017 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) in Lincoln province in the state of Tennessee, United States of America, 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 state of Tennessee, United States of America. 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 the state of Tennessee, United States of America;

2.  Temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products from Lincoln province in the state of Tennessee, United States of America, except heat-treated products;

3.  Consignments of poultry meat shipped from Lincoln province in the state of Tennessee, United States of America, before 2 February 2017 were permitted.