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After Brazil, UAE bans eggs from these two places

Dubai - The import of poultry meat and not-thermally-treated products has been prohibited.

Based on the notification from the World Organization for Animal Health about the registration of highly pathogenic avian influenza in commercial farms in Tennessee, US, the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment has prohibited the import of all kinds of live domestic and wild birds from the state, along with meat and eggs that are not thermally treated.
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According to a statement released by the ministry, the following steps have been taken:

1. Prohibited the import of all kinds of live domestic and wild birds, ornamental birds, chicks, hatching eggs and their thermally not treated wastes from the US state of Tennessee.
2. Prohibited the import of poultry meat and not-thermally-treated products and table eggs from the affected province of Lincoln in Tennessee.
3. Allowed to continue the importation of thermally treated poultry products (treated meat and processed egg products) and thermally treated poultry waste from all of the United States of America.

Based on the notification from the World Organization for Animal Health concerning the registration of highly pathogenic avian influenza in commercial farms in the Malaysian province of Kelantain, the ministry has taken the following measures:

1. Prohibited the import of all types of wild and domestic birds, ornamental birds, chicks, hatching eggs and their not-thermally-treated wastes from the Kingdom of Malaysia.
2. Prohibited the import of poultry meat and thermally not treated products and table eggs temporarily from the infected province (Kelantain).
3. Allowed to continue the importation of thermally treated poultry products (treated meat and processed egg products) and thermally treated poultry waste from all provinces of the Kingdom of Malaysia.

It's noteworthy that the ministry is keen to raise the level of food safety and ensure the provision of safe food to the consumer. It works to implement the Federal Law No. 10 of 2015 on the safety of food, which applies to all establishments licensed to trade food or feed, and consignments coming to the country or passing through its territory.

The law also applies in all stages of the food chain from primary production through processing until it reaches to the consumer. The ministry is responsible for standardizing and supervising food safety procedures in cooperation with concerned local food authorities.