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 22 July 2024, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 

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Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 11808 dated 6 December 2022 entitled "Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Finistère, Mayenne and Côtes-d'Armor in France"

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued the Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 11808 dated 6 December 2022 entitled "Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Finistère, Mayenne and Côtes-d'Armor in France". The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has subsequently issued the Notice Administrative Order No. 2128 dated 18 July 2024, lifting the temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Côtes-d'Armor in France, based on the WOAH report dated 14 August 2024, indicating that Côtes-d'Armor in France is free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI).

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/SAU/24_04678_00_x.pdf

This addendum concerns a:

[ ]           Modification of final date for comments

[ ]           Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified regulation

[ ]           Withdrawal of regulation

[ ]           Change in period of application of measure

[X]          Other: Lifting the temporary import ban.

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Saudi Food and Drug Authority - Food Sector

Contact person: Mohammed AL Huthiel

SFDA - 4904 North Ring branch rd- Hitteen Dist Unit Number (1) - Riyadh 13513 - 7148

Tel: +(966 11) 203 8222, Ext.: 3313

E-mail: spsep.food@sfda.gov.sa

Website: http://www.sfda.gov.sa

Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Saudi Food and Drug Authority - Food Sector

Contact person: Mohammed AL Huthiel

SFDA - 4904 North Ring branch rd- Hitteen Dist Unit Number (1) - Riyadh 13513 - 7148

Tel: +(966 11) 203 8222, Ext.: 3313

E-mail: spsep.food@sfda.gov.sa

Website: http://www.sfda.gov.sa

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