UAE Bans Live Bird Imports from the Netherlands: The United Arab Emirates has banned live bird and a number of poultry imports from the Netherlands.
The news comes following an outbreak of highly contagious H5N8 Bird Flu strain in the Flevoland province of the European country.
The outbreak was confirmed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and led to more than 150,000 chickens being destroyed.
The UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) announced it is taking the precautionary measures to ban the import of all species of birds, chicks, eggs and non-heat-treated by-products from the Netherlands.
It has also banned the import of poultry meat and non-heat-treated products and table eggs from the Flevoland province.However, thermally treated poultry products from all parts of the Netherlands have been cleared for import.For more information, visit https://www.moccae.gov.ae
