Updated on : 14-06-2026
| The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the area of the United Kingdom. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from certain areas of the United Kingdom has been temporarily suspended. Where live poultry and poultry carcasses from certain areas of the United Kingdom have undergone a risk assessment and have been determined to be free from epidemic diseases or vectors thereof, and where the measures prescribed by the DLD of Thailand have been duly complied with, the Director-General of the DLD will grant permission for the importation or transit of such live poultry or poultry carcasses into or through Thailand. |