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 Malaysia, and imposition of a temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat and table eggs from Kelantan in Malaysia.
Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 8 March 2017 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) in Kelantan in Malaysia, 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 Malaysia. 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 Malaysia;
2. Temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products from Kelantan in Malaysia, except heat-treated products;
3. Consignments of poultry meat shipped from Kelantan in Malaysia before 18 February 2017 were permitted.