WTO notification · SPS
JapanProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Official title
Revision of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control and the relevant regulations
Japan notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 8 July 2026.
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Live cattle (Bos taurus), live water buffalo (Bubalus spp., Syncerus spp.), live dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), live rabbits (Leporidae), animals for export, pet food (non-edible), designated quarantine items, designated prohibited items or pathogen of 'livestock infectious diseases' (please refer t
The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/JPN/1416; it forwards comments to Japan.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control and the relevant regulations were revised. The following is a brief summary of the revision. Please refer to the attachment for further details. No additional requirements are imposed on overseas Members. Firstly, lumpy skin disease in cattle has been added to the list of domestic animal infectious diseases. Accordingly, animals affected by or suspected of the disease are subject to slaughtering, and their carcasses are required to be incinerated or buried. Secondly, the sale of items imported in violation of Articles 36 or 37 of this Act, as well as their processing, use, preparation, storage, or display for the purpose of sale, is prohibited and livestock quarantine officers are authorized to conduct on-site inspections of stores, offices, business establishments, warehouses, and other locations and, as a result of such inspections, to take measures including the disposal of things imported in violation of Articles 36 or 37 of the Act.
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