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WTO notification · SPS

IndiaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Pigs and pork, meat, medicines and vaccines – India

Official title

Draft Veterinary Health Certificate for Import of Pork and Pork Products into India (Applicable for all Categories of Processed and Un-Processed Pork and Pork Products)

India notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 27 February 2026. The comment period closed on 28 April 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Pork Meat and Pork Meat Products thereof

Notifying member
India
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 27 February 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/348
Keywords
Animal diseases, Animal health, Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 28 April 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined.
Proposed entry into force
To be determined.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 28 April 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/348; it can take them up with India.

Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)

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; to ensure the food safety and to safeguard the country’s biosecurity, in a manner consistent with the SPS Agreement.

Sources

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