NOTIFICATION
OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
Addendum
The following communication,
received on 10 October 2017, is being
circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia.
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The
Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) lifts the temporary ban on the
importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from the state
of Tennessee, United States of America
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The
Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued the Decision No. 41548 dated 18
September 2017, lifting the temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat,
eggs and their products originating from the state of Tennessee, United
States of America. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) in the Decision
No. 25306 dated 14 March 2017 (15/06/1438 AH) imposed a temporary ban on the
importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from the
state of Tennessee, United States of America, due to the outbreak of Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the state of Tennessee, United States of
America.
Based
on OIE report No. 24552 dated 11 August 2017, the state of Tennessee, United
States of America is free from HPAI. In compliance with the OIE Terrestrial
Animal Health Code, Chapter 10.4, the risk of importing poultry meat,
eggs and their products from the state of Tennessee, United States of America
is negligible.
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