date:Dec 19, 2013
On September 16, 2013, the Government of Iraqs (GOI) Council of Ministers (COM) lifted the ban on poultry imports from the state of Arkansas. FAS Baghdad and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regional office in Cairo, Egypt, successfully advocated with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and COM to lift the ban, which was negatively impacting U.S. exports of poultry to Iraq. The ban was implemented in July 2013 in response to the reported case of pathogenic Avian Flu in the