Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 11 December 2020 regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Wicklow in Ireland, 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 Ireland.
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 from Ireland;
2- Regulating the import of poultry meat and its non-heat treated products according to the health certificate for exporting meat and meat products from all from Ireland to the United Arab Emirates, accompanying the consignments for releasing purpose;
3- Regulating the import of table eggs and its non-heat treated products according to the health certificate for exporting table eggs from Ireland to the United Arab Emirates, accompanying the consignments for releasing purpose;
4- Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products (treated meat and treated egg products) from Ireland;
5- Consignments of table eggs and poultry from Wicklow county that were produced after 18 November 2020 (in addition to any counties where the disease appears later) are not allowed to be exported to the United Arab Emirates until the health certificate forms are agreed with the Irish side.