Kuwait bans the import of live birds from 3 countries

The Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources in Kuwait issued a decision banning the import of all types of live birds, hatching eggs and one-day-old chicks for laying and broiler chickens from Poland, Hungary and Kazakhstan due to the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza.


Al-Qabas newspaper quoted the official spokesman for the authority, Talal Al-Daihani: This decision came based on the recommendations of the World Organization for Animal Health and follow-up on the latest developments and developments in the health situation in these countries for which the epidemic has been proven to spread, as well as the authority’s keenness to take precautionary measures and adhere to the highest levels of safety. And safety for birds imported from abroad.

Al-Daihani added that the decision stressed the necessity that all consignments, according to their type, be subject to the conditions and controls issued by the animal health department in the authority in accordance with the procedures of the World Organization for Animal Health and the procedures stipulated by the veterinary quarantine regulation in Kuwait and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

He stressed that consignments infected with any of the epidemic and contagious diseases will be rejected after examining the samples in the authority's laboratory, provided that the importer is instructed to return the infected birds and animals to the destination from which they arrived at his own expense without the authority bearing any responsibility.

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