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Saudi ArabiaWithdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest noticeEmergency

Meat and edible meat offal; Dairy produce – Saudi Arabia

Official title

Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 15503 dated 12 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Wielkopolskie in Poland'

Saudi Arabia issued an addendum on 30 September 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/SAU/575. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 17 October 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Poultry meat, eggs and their products

HS codes
  • 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
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 0407 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
Notifying member
Saudi Arabia(Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of)
Status
Withdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Food safety
  • Animal health
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Emergency notifications (SPS)
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/SAU/575Latest notice: G/SPS/N/SAU/575/Add.1
Keywords
Human health, Animal health, Food safety, Animal diseases, Avian Influenza, Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization, 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/SAU/575/Add.1⁩, 30 September 2026)

The latest notice says the measure was withdrawn, lifted or repealed, in whole or in part.

Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 15503 dated 12 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Wielkopolskie in Poland'

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 15503 dated 12 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Wielkopolskie in Poland'. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has subsequently issued the Notice Administrative Order No. 13020 dated 27 September 2026, lifting the temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Wielkopolskie in Poland, based on the WOAH report dated 27 September 2026, indicating that Wielkopolskie in Poland is free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI).

Following the WOAH report dated 7 October 2025, a Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus outbreak has occurred in Wielkopolskie in Poland. In compliance with the World Organisation 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 Wielkopolskie in Poland 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 Poland prove that the product is free from the virus).

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/SAU/575/Add.1Emergency measure

    Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 15503 dated 12 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Wielkopolskie in Poland'

    The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 15503 dated 12 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Wielkopolskie in Poland'. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has subsequently issued the Notice Administrative Order No. 13020 dated 27 September 2026, lifting the temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Wielkopolskie in Poland, based on the WOAH report dated 27 September 2026, indicating that Wielkopolskie in Poland is free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI).

  2. Emergency notificationG/SPS/N/SAU/575Emergency measure

    Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 15503 dated 12 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Wielkopolskie in Poland'

    Following the WOAH report dated 7 October 2025, a Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus outbreak has occurred in Wielkopolskie in Poland. In compliance with the World Organisation 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 Wielkopolskie in Poland 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 Poland prove that the product is free from the virus).

Sources

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

All updates from Saudi Arabia
  1. WTO notificationUnited Arab Emirates,Bahrain,Kuwait+3TBTProposed measure, open for comments

    GCC Technical Regulations for Fermented Meat Products

    This GSO technical regulation is concerned with fermented meat products, and this standard applies to fermented meat products (ready to eat), such as fermented sausages, salami, dried sausages and other fermented meat products.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/BHR/798Comments until 1 January 2027

  2. WTO notificationSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

    Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 17345 dated 28 October 2026 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their…

    Following the WOAH report dated 19 October 2026, a Newcastle virus outbreak has occurred in Santa Catarina in Brazil. In compliance with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 10.9, it is deemed necessary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prevent…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/SAU/640

  3. WTO notificationSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

    Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 16506 dated 25 October 2026 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their…

    Following the WOAH report dated 19 October 2026, a Newcastle virus outbreak has occurred in Wielkopolskie in Poland. In compliance with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 10.9, it is deemed necessary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prevent…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/SAU/639

  4. WTO notificationUnited Arab Emirates,Bahrain,Kuwait+3SPSCorrected since it was notifiedEmergency

    Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 16506 dated 25 October 2026 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their…

    Following the WOAH report dated 19 October 2026, a Newcastle virus outbreak has occurred in Wielkopolskie in Poland. In compliance with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 10.9, it is deemed necessary for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prevent…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/BHR/286/Corr.1

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