Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification of emergency measures - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Poultry meat, eggs and their products - Addendum

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 Hautes-Pyrénées and Lot in France

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 Hautes-Pyrénées and Lot in France. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) in the Notice of executive No. 13305 dated 14 January 2016 (04/04/1437 AH) imposed a temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Hautes-Pyrénées and Lot in France, due to the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Hautes-Pyrénées and Lot in 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.