Saudi Food and Drug Authority has temporarily banned the import of poultry meat, eggs, their products and equipments from five other US States including Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa, because of the spread of bird flu disease of high-severity there. These five States were added to the eight US states including Oregon, California, Washington, Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. The Authority has recently banned the import of poultry meat, eggs and their products from these US states for the emergence of bird influenza of high-severity there. The Authority excluded from the temporary ban the poultry meat and eggs and their products that are treated thermally or in any other way capable of eradicating the bird flu virus, and be identical to the requirements of health controls and accredited standards, with attachment of health certificate proving that the products were treated thermally or in any other way capable of elimination of avian influenza virus, and be issued by the competent official authorities in the United States of America. This temporary ban continues until the health status of livestock and the approval of the facilities for export of poultry meat and products are stable there. --More 16:18 LOCAL TIME 13:18 GMT تغريد
