News 
Date of Publishing: 06/03/2024 
Affected Region: Jordan 

The Amman Chamber of Commerce received a letter from the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the State of Qatar, dated 2/19/2024, which included informing us about the decision of the Qatari Ministry of Health to determine the list of foods that are prohibited from being imported into the State of Qatar, whether the ban is temporary or permanent, except under specific conditions, as the Their import depends on fulfilling special precautionary conditions and procedures, which is the necessity of attaching the consignments with a certificate of conformity issued by one of the companies approved by the Ministry as a third party for prior inspection of the consignments in the country of origin. This is a precautionary measure to ensure that the limits of pesticide residues conform to the requirements.

The list includes the following:

1. Fresh vegetables and fruits, chilled fish from Egypt.

2. Genetically modified foods or containing genetically modified ingredients, organic foods and foods that are radiation treated from all countries.

3. Chilled or frozen seafood, such as fish, shrimp, squid, mussels and oysters and others coming from India.

All food manufactured in Korea and the Philippines.

The ministry also stressed the necessity of attaching a certificate of conformity issued by one of the companies approved by the ministry as a third party for prior inspection of consignments in the country of origin, for all re-exported food from the GCC countries.

The ministry has also set a number of import requirements for beef, sheep, and goat meat and their products coming from the following countries: China, Indonesia, Kenya, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.