WTO notification · SPS
JapanEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency
Official title
Import suspension of live poultry, poultry meat or egg products from part of Brazil; live poultry, poultry meat and egg products from part of Hungary; poultry meat and egg products from part of Lithuania; live poultry, poultry meat and egg products from part of the United Kingdom; live poultry, poultry meat and egg products from part of the United States of America
Japan notified this emergency SPS measure on 13 April 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.
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Published here:
Live poultry, poultry meat or egg products
The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/JPN/1404; it forwards comments to Japan.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)In order to prevent the introduction of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus into Japan, MAFF has taken import suspension measures based on Articles 37 and 44 of the 'Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control' and other relevant requirements.
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