The same decision was also made on the import of live birds, their products, derivatives and offal hailing from Nepal.
Ministerof Agriculture and Fisheries Fuad bin Ja’far Al Sagwani issued thedecisions basing on recommendations of Oman’s veterinary agency.
Meanwhile,this ministry also imposed another import ban on live fowls and theirproducts, derivatives, and offal from the UK, the Netherlands, theRepublic of Korea, Germany, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,and the Indian state of Kerala.
It said the ban, triggered by theabovementioned countries’ report of avian flu outbreaks, is necessaryto prevent influenza viruses from entering Oman.-VNA