WTO notification · SPS
Saudi ArabiaWithdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest noticeEmergency
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Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 9063 dated 31 August 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Buenos Aires in Argentina'
Saudi Arabia issued an addendum on 13 October 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/SAU/572. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 16 September 2025.
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Poultry meat, eggs and their products
Latest notice (G/SPS/N/SAU/572/Add.1, 13 October 2025)
The latest notice says the measure was withdrawn, lifted or repealed, in whole or in part.
Notice of Administration Order of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 9063 dated 31 August 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Buenos Aires in Argentina'
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued the Notice of Administration Order of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 9063 dated 31 August 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Buenos Aires in Argentina'. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has subsequently issued the Notice Administrative Order No. 14729 dated 7 October 2025, lifting the temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Buenos Aires in Argentina, based on the WOAH report dated 29 September 2025, indicating that Buenos Aires in Argentina is free from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI).
Following the WOAH report dated 20 August 2025, a Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus outbreak has occurred in Buenos Aires in Argentina. In compliance with the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 10.4, it is deemed necessary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prevent the entry of the HPAI virus into the country. Therefore, the import of poultry meat, eggs and their products from Buenos Aires in Argentina to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is temporarily suspended (with the exception of processed poultry meat and egg products exposed to either heat or other treatments that ensure deactivation of the HPAI virus, as long as it conforms with the approved health requirements, and standards, with a health certificate issued by the official bodies in Argentina prove that the product is free from the virus).
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AddendumG/SPS/N/SAU/572/Add.1Emergency measure
Notice of Administration Order of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 9063 dated 31 August 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Buenos Aires in Argentina'
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued the Notice of Administration Order of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 9063 dated 31 August 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Buenos Aires in Argentina'. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has subsequently issued the Notice Administrative Order No. 14729 dated 7 October 2025, lifting the temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Buenos Aires in Argentina, based on the WOAH report dated 29 September 2025, indicating that Buenos Aires in Argentina is free from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI).
Emergency notificationG/SPS/N/SAU/572Emergency measure
Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 9063 dated 31 August 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Buenos Aires in Argentina'
Following the WOAH report dated 20 August 2025, a Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus outbreak has occurred in Buenos Aires in Argentina. In compliance with the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 10.4, it is deemed necessary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prevent the entry of the HPAI virus into the country. Therefore, the import of poultry meat, eggs and their products from Buenos Aires in Argentina to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is temporarily suspended (with the exception of processed poultry meat and egg products exposed to either heat or other treatments that ensure deactivation of the HPAI virus, as long as it conforms with the approved health requirements, and standards, with a health certificate issued by the official bodies in Argentina prove that the product is free from the virus).
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