SAU/268
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
2017-04-21
Live birds, hatching eggs and one-day old chicks

Notice of Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture, Decision No. 25/1074/1438 dated 29 March 2017 (1/07/1438H) entitled "Temporary ban of importation of live birds, hatching eggs and one-day old chicks" originated from Krapinsko-Zagorsk, Croatia

Following the OIE report, ref. No. 12, Vol. 30 dated 23 March 2017, which indicates that High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak has reoccurred in Krapinsko-Zagorsk, Croatia, 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 Krapinsko-Zagorsk, Croatia to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is temporarily suspended.

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