Qatar: Qatar Lifts Ban on US Poultry and Products from All States Due to HPAI

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   QA2022-0001

On September 29, 2022, Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health published updated precautionary requirements for some imported foodstuffs lifting a ban on U.S. poultry and poultry products from all U.S. states. This announcement dropped a previous June 1st, 2022, decision that banned poultry meat (fresh, chilled, frozen, and processed), poultry products and table eggs, excluding heat-treated products, from all U.S. states due to an ongoing outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). The publication also includes changes for other trade partners. A copy of the publication is attached to this report.

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