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ThailandAdopted, according to its latest notice

Swine; live – Thailand

Official title

Draft Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Good Agricultural Practices for Pig Farms'

Thailand notified a revised version of this proposed SPS measure on 10 April 2026. The measure was first notified on 23 June 2021. The comment period closed on 9 June 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Pigs (Sus Scrofa)

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 0103 Live swine
Notifying member
Thailand
Status
Adopted, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Animal health
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/THA/419Latest notice: G/SPS/N/THA/419/Rev.1
Keywords
Animal health, Animal diseases, Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg., Food safety, Human health

Key dates

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Comment deadline
Closed on 9 June 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined.
Proposed entry into force
This standard shall be mandatory for pig farms raising more than 500 fattening pigs or more than 95 sows. A transition period of 90 days from the date of publication of the Ministerial Notification in

What the notification says

This standard is a revision of the Thai Agricultural Standard (TAS) 6403–2022: Good Agricultural Practices for Pig Farms. It establishes the requirements for good agricultural practices in pig farming, covering farm components, farm management, personnel, animal health, animal welfare, environmental management, and record-keeping. These requirements aim to ensure that pigs produced by farms are suitable for further rearing or for consumption as food, while giving due consideration to food safety, animal health, animal welfare, and environment. This standard applies to farms raising pigs (scientific name: Sus scrofa), including both domesticated and wild subspecies.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. RevisionG/SPS/N/THA/419/Rev.1

    Comment deadline: Closed on 9 June 2026

    Draft Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Good Agricultural Practices for Pig Farms'

    This standard is a revision of the Thai Agricultural Standard (TAS) 6403–2022: Good Agricultural Practices for Pig Farms. It establishes the requirements for good agricultural practices in pig farming, covering farm components, farm management, personnel, animal health, animal welfare, environmental management, and record-keeping. These requirements aim to ensure that pigs produced by farms are suitable for further rearing or for consumption as food, while giving due consideration to food safety, animal health, animal welfare, and environment. This standard applies to farms raising pigs (scientific name: Sus scrofa), including both domesticated and wild subspecies.

  2. AddendumG/SPS/N/THA/419/Add.1

    Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Good Agricultural Practices for Pig Farms'

    The standard entitled 'Good Agricultural Practices for Pig Farm' has been previously notified by the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives in G/SPS/N/THA/419 dated 23 June 2021. The standard has been published in the Royal Gazette dated 3 February 2023. Date of entry into force: (1) 90 days after its publication in the Royal Gazette (4 May 2023), will be applied for pig farms in which not less than 1,500 fattening pigs or not less than 120 sows are raised; (2) 180 days after its publication in the Royal Gazette (2 August 2023), will be applied for pig farms in which 500-1,499 fattening pigs or 95-119 sows are raised. This standard shall not come into force for pig farms governed under organic livestock and ground pen pig (Moo-loom) farming by the Department of Livestock Development.

  3. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/THA/419

    Comment deadline: Closed on 22 August 2021

    Draft Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Good Agricultural Practices for Pig Farms'

    This standard provides requirements of good agricultural practices for pig farms. It covers requirements on farm components, farm management, personnel, animal health, animal welfare, environment and record keeping with aims to ensure that pigs produced by farms are suitable for further rearing or consuming as food. The food safety, animal health, animal welfare and environmental concerns are taken into consideration. This standard is applied to farms where pigs with the scientific name of Sus scrofa, both domesticated and wild sub-species, are raised.

Sources

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