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Saudi ArabiaEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug

Official title

Notice of Administration Order of Saudi Food and Drug Authority Ref. No. 14560 dated 8 October 2026 entitled 'Temporary ban on importation of poultry meat, eggs and their products originating from Małopolskie in Poland'

Saudi Arabia notified this emergency SPS measure on 12 October 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.

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At a glance

Products

Poultry meat, eggs and their products

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
  • 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
Emergency measure, may already apply
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/628
Keywords
Animal diseases, Animal health, Avian Influenza, Food safety, Human health, Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization

Key dates

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

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/SAU/628; it forwards comments to Saudi Arabia.

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What the notification says

Following the WOAH report dated 1 October 2026, a Newcastle virus outbreak has occurred in Małopolskie 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 the entry of the HPAI virus into the country. Therefore, the import of poultry meat, eggs and their products from Małopolskie 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 Newcastle 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.

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