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Animals; live; Meat and edible meat offal – Guatemala

Plant and Animal Health Law, Decree No. 36-98 of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala (Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal, Decreto número 36-98 del Congreso de la República de Guatemala) (Articles 6, 20 and 21); and Regulations implementing the Plant and Animal Health Law, Government Decision No. 745-99 (Reglamento de la Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal, Acuerdo Gubernativo número 745-99) (Articles 12, 25, 26, 27 and 43)

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Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal, Decreto número 36-98 del Congreso de la República de Guatemala (Plant and Animal Health Law, Decree No. 36-98 of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala) (Articles 6, 20 and 21); and Reglamento de la Ley de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal, Acuerdo Gubernativo número 745-99 (Regulations implementing the Plant and Animal Health Law, Government Decision No. 745-99) (Articles 12, 25, 26, 27 and 43)

Guatemala notified this emergency SPS measure on 30 January 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.

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At a glance

Products

Live animals, products of animal origin and genetic material of animal species susceptible to African swine fever

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 010310 Swine; live, pure-bred breeding animals
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 0203 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0209 Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
    • 0210 Meat and edible offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
Notifying member
Guatemala
Status
Emergency measure, may already apply
Objectives
  • Animal health
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Emergency notifications (SPS)
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/GTM/77
Keywords
Animal health, Animal diseases, African swine fever (ASF)

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Not set in the notification
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/GTM/77; it forwards comments to Guatemala.

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What the notification says

With a view to safeguarding Guatemala's sanitary status, imports of live animals, products and by-products of animal origin and genetic material of animal species susceptible to African swine fever from the countries listed in section 4 shall be suspended temporarily until those countries regain their African swine fever-free status as recognized by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).

Sources

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