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, poultry meat and table eggs from Tarn, province in France.
Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 2 December 2016 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Tarn in France, 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 TARN in France. 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, poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products originating from Tarn, province in France, except heat-treated products;
2. Consignments of poultry meat shipped from Tarn, province in France, before 4 November 2016 were permitted.