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IndiaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included

Official title

Veterinary Health Certificate for Import of Bovine Serum into India

India notified a revised version of this proposed SPS measure on 29 January 2026. The measure was first notified on 15 January 2026. The comment period closed on 30 March 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Bovine serum and products thereof

HS codes
  • 05 · Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included
    • 051199 Products of animal origin, n.e.s., dead animals, unfit for human consumption (excl. fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates)
Notifying member
India
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 29 January 2026. Check WTO ePing or India for its current status.
Objectives
  • Food safety
  • Animal health
  • Protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/IND/346Latest notice: G/SPS/N/IND/346/Rev.1
Keywords
Animal health, Animal diseases, Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 30 March 2026
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force
60 days from the date of circulation of the notification.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 30 March 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/IND/346/Rev.1; it can take them up with India.

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What the notification says

The measures are intended to ensure appropriate product standards, processing, sanitary measures relating to health status of source animals in line with extant World Organisation for Animal Health recommendations on animal health; and to safeguard the country’s biosecurity, in a manner consistent with the SPS Agreement.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. RevisionG/SPS/N/IND/346/Rev.1

    Comment deadline: Closed on 30 March 2026

    Veterinary Health Certificate for Import of Bovine Serum into India

    The measures are intended to ensure appropriate product standards, processing, sanitary measures relating to health status of source animals in line with extant World Organisation for Animal Health recommendations on animal health; and to safeguard the country’s biosecurity, in a manner consistent with the SPS Agreement.

  2. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/IND/346

    Comment deadline: Closed on 16 March 2026

    Veterinary Health Certificate for Import of Bovine Serum into India

    The measures are intended to ensure appropriate product standards, processing, sanitary measures relating to health status of source animals in line with extant World Organisation for Animal Health recommendations on animal health; and to safeguard the country’s biosecurity, in a manner consistent with the SPS Agreement.

Sources

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