MUSCAT : According to the resolution, the ban includes live birds, their products, derivatives, and offal originating from the following regions: the State of Victoria in Australia; Bong County in Liberia; Kayseri Province in Turkey; Changhua, Chiayi, Tainan, and Yunlin Provinces in Taiwan; Masovia, Warmian-Masuria, Pomerania, and Greater Poland in Poland; the State of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil; Durres Province in Albania; and Pampanga and Camarines Sur in the Philippines.
This decision is based on the Veterinary Quarantine Law issued by Royal Decree No. 45/2004 and its executive regulations issued by Ministerial Resolution No. 107/2008.
The ban, recommended by the competent veterinary authority, will remain in place until the health risks prompting it are resolved and a formal decision to lift the restrictions is made.
Exempted from the ban are products, derivatives, and waste heat-treated or processed in accordance with the Terrestrial Animal Health Code issued by the International Office of Epizootics of the World Organisation for Animal Health.
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The decision shall be effective from the day following the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
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