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PhilippinesProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Fish and crustaceans – Philippines

Official title

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 275 - Rules and Regulations Governing Food Safety and Traceability on Importation of Fish and Fishery/Aquatic Products for Human Consumption

The Philippines notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 29 January 2026.

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Products

Fish and fishery products

HS codes
  • 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
    • 0302 Fish, fresh or chilled (excl. fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304)
    • 0303 Frozen fish (excl. fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304)
    • 030571 Shark fins, smoked, dried, salted or in brine
    • 030579 Fish fins and other edible fish offal, smoked, dried, salted or in brine (excl. heads, tails, maws and shark fins)
    • 030611 Frozen rock lobster and other sea crawfish 'Palinurus spp.', 'Panulirus spp.' and 'Jasus spp.', even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. rock lobster and…
    • 030619 Frozen crustaceans, even smoked, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, incl. crustaceans in shell, cooked beforehand by steaming or by boiling…
    • 030631 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish 'Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp. and Jasus spp.', whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled
    • 030639 Crustaceans, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled (excl. rock lobster and other sea crawfish, lobsters, crabs, Norway…
    • 030711 Oysters, even in shell, live, fresh or chilled
    • 030712 Oysters, even in shell, frozen
    • 030721 Live, fresh or chilled, scallops and other molluscs of the family Pectinidae, even in shell
    • 030722 Scallops and other molluscs of the family Pectinidae, frozen, even in shell
    • 030731 Live, fresh or chilled, not smoked, mussels 'Mytilus spp., Perna spp.', with or without shell
    • 030732 Mussels 'Mytilus spp., Perna spp.', frozen, even in shell
    • 030742 Cuttle fish and squid, live, fresh or chilled, with or without shell
    • 030743 Cuttle fish and squid, frozen, with or without shell
    • 030751 Octopus 'Octopus spp.', live, fresh or chilled
    • 030752 Octopus 'Octopus spp.', frozen
    • 030760 Snails, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, dried or in brine, even smoked, with or without shell (excl. sea snails)
    • 030771 Live, fresh or chilled, even in shell, clams, cockles and ark shells 'families Arcidae, Arcticidae, Cardiidae, Donacidae, Hiatellidae, Mactridae…
    • 030772 Frozen, even in shell, clams, cockles and ark shells 'families Arcidae, Arcticidae, Cardiidae, Donacidae, Hiatellidae, Mactridae, Mesodesmatidae, Myidae…
    • 030781 Live, fresh or chilled, even in shell, abalone 'Haliotis spp.'
    • 030784 Frozen, even in shell, stromboid conchs 'Strombus spp.'
    • 030791 Live, fresh or chilled molluscs, even in shell (excl. oysters, scallops of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten, mussels 'Mytilus spp., Perna spp.'…
    • 030792 Molluscs, even in shell, frozen (excl. oysters, scallops of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten, mussels 'Mytilus spp., Perna spp.', cuttle fish and…
    • 030811 Live, fresh or chilled, sea cucumbers 'Stichopus japonicus, Holothurioidea'
    • 030812 Frozen sea cucumbers 'Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea'
    • 030821 Live, fresh or chilled, sea urchins 'Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echichinus esculentus'
    • 030822 Frozen sea urchins 'Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus'
    • 030830 Live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, even smoked, jellyfish 'Rhopilema spp.'
Notifying member
Philippines
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 29 January 2026. Check WTO ePing or the Philippines for its current status.
Objectives
  • Food safety
  • Animal health
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/PHL/539
Keywords
Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/PHL/539; it forwards comments to the Philippines.

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What the notification says

This order establishes the guidelines as well as food safety controls and inspection of importation fish and fishery/aquatic products into the Philippines for the purpose of canning or processing and importations certified as necessary.

Sources

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