WTO notification · SPS
JapanProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Official title
Planned Revision of the Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control (Addition to Designated Quarantine Items)
Japan notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 28 April 2026. The comment period closed on 27 June 2026.
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Teeth, tusks
The comment period closed on 27 June 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/JPN/1407; it can take them up with Japan.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)MAFF is proposing to revise Article 45-3 of the Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control to add teeth and tusks as designated quarantine items. As a result, the import of the said items will not be permitted without an appropriate health certificate issued by the animal health authority of the exporting country, and importers of the said items, would be required to notify the Animal Quarantine Service without delay.
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