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WTO notification · SPS

El SalvadorEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

DGG/DIR/316/06/2026

El Salvador notified this emergency SPS measure on 17 July 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.

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At a glance

Products

Live fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing not more than 185 g; Meat and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, fresh, chilled or frozen; Fertilized eggs for incubation of fowls of the species Gallu

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 010511 Live fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing <= 185 g (excl. turkeys and guinea fowls)
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 0207 Meat and edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, fresh, chilled or frozen
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 040711 Fertilised eggs for incubation, of domestic fowls
    • 040721 Fresh eggs of domestic fowls, in shell (excl. fertilised for incubation)
Notifying member
El Salvador
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/SLV/153
Keywords
Animal health, Avian Influenza, Animal diseases

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Not set in the notification
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/SLV/153; it forwards comments to El Salvador.

Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)

What the notification says

In view of the notification referred to in official letter DGS-DTSA-519-2026 from the National Agriculture and Food Health and Safety Service (SAG-SENASA) of Honduras, and notification ID 7652 to the World Animal Health Organisation (WOAH) on high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry, it has been decided, as a health protection measure, to temporarily suspend the entry of goods at risk of introducing the HPAI virus, a disease compulsorily notifiable to WOAH, and from which El Salvador has declared itself to be free according to Decision No. 126 of 2004. The temporary suspension prohibits the entry of the following goods from Honduras: fertile eggs; table eggs; fresh, chilled or frozen raw chicken meat; and day-old chicks.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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