NOTIFICATION
OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
Addendum
The following communication,
received on 4 December 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 Landes,
France
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The
Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued the notice administrative order
No. 10301 dated 21 November 2017, lifting the temporary ban on the
importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Landes,
France. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) in the Notice of executive
No. 15/37 dated 14 December 2015 (03/03/1437 AH) imposed a temporary ban on
the importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from
Landes, France, due to the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
(HPAI) in Landes, France.
Based
on OIE report No. 24993 dated 18 October 2017, France 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 France is
negligible.
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