WTO notification · SPS
Saudi ArabiaWithdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest noticeEmergency
Official title
Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 17741 dated 20 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Loire-Atlantique in France'
Saudi Arabia issued an addendum on 7 April 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/SAU/583. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 28 October 2025.
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Poultry meat, eggs and their products
Latest notice (G/SPS/N/SAU/583/Add.1, 7 April 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The latest notice says the measure was withdrawn, lifted or repealed, in whole or in part.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. 17741 dated 20 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Loire-Atlantique in France'
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued the Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 17741 dated 20 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Loire-Atlantique in France'. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has subsequently issued the Notice Administrative Order No. 40965 dated 5 April 2026, lifting the temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Loire-Atlantique in France, based on the WOAH report dated 27 March 2026, indicating that Loire-Atlantique in France is free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI).
Following the WOAH report dated 16 October 2025, a Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus outbreak has occurred in Loire-Atlantique in France. 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 Loire-Atlantique in France 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 France prove that the product is free from the virus).
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AddendumG/SPS/N/SAU/583/Add.1Emergency measure
Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 17741 dated 20 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Loire-Atlantique in France'
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued the Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 17741 dated 20 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Loire-Atlantique in France'. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has subsequently issued the Notice Administrative Order No. 40965 dated 5 April 2026, lifting the temporary ban on the importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Loire-Atlantique in France, based on the WOAH report dated 27 March 2026, indicating that Loire-Atlantique in France is free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI).
Emergency notificationG/SPS/N/SAU/583Emergency measure
Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 17741 dated 20 October 2025 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Loire-Atlantique in France'
Following the WOAH report dated 16 October 2025, a Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus outbreak has occurred in Loire-Atlantique in France. 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 Loire-Atlantique in France 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 France prove that the product is free from the virus).
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