Notification on Documents Required for Import Declaration with regard to ASF (African Swine Fever)

Emergency notifications (SPS) 2019-05-29
G/SPS/N/KOR/647

Description

For each import declaration, submit one of the following documents:
1) Certificate of heat-treatment
- Documents that indicate that pork used in the final product has been heat-treated (for at least 30 minutes at a minimum temperature of 70℃ or has gone through treatment as equivalent), and which are proved by the exporting country's government.
2) Certificate of ASF inspection
- Documents that indicate that ASF virus was not detected in the final product, and which are issued by the inspection agency certified by exporting country's government or the exporting country's government.
3) ASF-free Certification
- Documents that indicate that the final product is produced or processed using  pork from ASF-free and healthy pig during all production and processing stages, and which are proved by the exporting country's government.

Keywords

Human health; Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization; Zoonoses; African swine fever (ASF); Food safety