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KuwaitWithdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest noticeEmergency

Animals; live; Meat and edible meat offal – Kuwait

Official title

Ministerial Decision number 147 for 2025 (Türkiye)

Kuwait issued an addendum on 5 January 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/KWT/173. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 13 February 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Meat and edible offal of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen; Meat, meat products and other animal produce

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 0105 Live poultry, 'fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls'
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 0207 Meat and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, fresh, chilled or frozen
Notifying member
Kuwait(Kuwait, the State of)
Status
Withdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Food safety
  • Animal health
  • Protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Emergency notifications (SPS)
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/KWT/173Latest notice: G/SPS/N/KWT/173/Add.1
Keywords
Animal diseases, Food safety, Animal health, Human health, Avian Influenza, Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization, Modification of content/scope of regulation, Withdrawal of the measure

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Not set in the notification
Proposed entry into force

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/KWT/173/Add.1⁩, 5 January 2026)

The latest notice says the measure was withdrawn, lifted or repealed, in whole or in part.

Ministerial Decision number 2162 for 2025 (Türkiye)

Decision to lift the ban on poultry meat (fresh, chilled, frozen and processed) of all types from Türkiye due to the end of the outbreak of avian influenza.

Decision to ban poultry meat (fresh, chilled, frozen and processed) of all types from certain areas in Türkiye due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/KWT/173/Add.1Emergency measure

    Ministerial Decision number 2162 for 2025 (Türkiye)

    Decision to lift the ban on poultry meat (fresh, chilled, frozen and processed) of all types from Türkiye due to the end of the outbreak of avian influenza.

  2. Emergency notificationG/SPS/N/KWT/173Emergency measure

    Ministerial Decision number 147 for 2025 (Türkiye)

    Decision to ban poultry meat (fresh, chilled, frozen and processed) of all types from certain areas in Türkiye due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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