SAU/262
WTO/SPS
SA Saudi Arabia
  • 01 - Live animals
  • 02 - Meat and edible meat offal
  • 04 - Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
N/A
2017-03-23
Live birds, hatching eggs and one-day old chicks

Notice of Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture, Decision No. 178328 dated 9 March 2017 (10/06/1438 AH) entitled "Temporary Ban of Importation of Live Bird, Hatching Egg and One-day Old Chick" originated from Greece

Following the OIE report, ref. No. 10, Vol. 30 dated 3 March 2017, which indicates that High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak has occurred in Greece, it is deemed necessary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prevent the entry of HPAI disease into the country. Therefore, the import of live birds, hatching eggs and one-day old chicks from Greece to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is temporarily suspended.

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