Import of poultry products and live birds from eight countries to the Sultanate has been banned, while it has been revoked from two others by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
The decision was taken according to the ministerial decision 158/2015 regarding the ban on the import of live birds, their products, derivatives and their offal. Amendment one of the decision says imports of live birds, along with their products, derivatives and offal, are banned from Vietnam, Canada, Turkey, and the United States, in addition to Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria. The ban will remain in place until a decision is taken to rescind it.
The ministerial decision 158/2015 is based on the law for veterinary quarantine issued in the Royal Decree 45/2004, the executive regulations for the law of veterinary quarantine issued in the ministerial decision 107/2004 and recommendations of veterinary specialists regarding the ban on the import of live birds, their products, derivatives and their offal.
Meanwhile, as per the ministerial decision 157/2015 the ban on import of live birds from Germany and Holland has been lifted.