# Malaysian poultry products banned by UAE after highly contagious virus outbreak | The National

> The UAE temporarily banned imports of live birds and poultry products from East Malaysia after a highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu outbreak. The ban covers Sabah and Sarawak, and thermally treated products are exempt. The outbreak was reported in Sabah on June 6.

- Date: 2018-08-09 · published 2018-08-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63433-malaysian-poultry-products-banned-by-uae-after-highly-contagious-virus-outbreak
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The ban cuts a small export channel for Malaysian poultry and may shift regional trade flows. Its effect on global feed or poultry prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- thenationalnews.com: https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/malaysian-poultry-products-banned-by-uae-after-highly-contagious-virus-outbreak-1.758463

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