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Department Circular No. 50, Series of 2026: Temporary

Official title

Department Circular No. 50, Series of 2026: Temporary Ban on the Importation of Live Cattle, Meat, and Meat Products, and Bovine Processed Animal Proteins Derived from Cattle Originating from the United Kingdom

The Philippines notified this emergency SPS measure on 7 October 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.

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At a glance

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 0102 Live bovine animals
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 0201 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
    • 0202 Meat of bovine animals, frozen
    • 0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
    • 0210 Meat and edible offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
  • 16 · Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof
    • 1601 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products.
    • 1602 Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects (excl. sausages and similar products, and meat extracts and juices)
  • 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder
    • 230110 Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or offal, unfit for human consumption; greaves
Notifying member
Philippines
Status
Emergency measure, may already apply
Objectives
  • Animal health
  • Protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Emergency notifications (SPS)
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/PHL/546
Keywords
Animal health, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Key dates

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Comment deadline
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Proposed adoption
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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/546; it forwards comments to the Philippines.

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What the notification says

The Circular institutes emergency measures concerning the importation of live cattle, skeletal meat and meat products, and bovine processed animal proteins originating from the United Kingdom. It temporarily bans the importation of these commodities; immediately suspends the processing, evaluation, and issuance of SPS import clearances for the commodities; and automatically revokes previously issued and approved SPS import clearances for shipments that have not arrived at Philippine ports. Shipments in transit, loaded, or accepted at the port of origin on or before the effectivity of the Circular may enter provided that live cattle were slaughtered, or products were manufactured, on or before 5 August 2026. Non-compliant shipments may be confiscated, re-exported, or destroyed at the importer/consignee’s expense. The Circular also requires more rigorous inspection of arrivals of meat and meat by-products derived from cattle, including live animals and bovine processed animal proteins.

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