The DLD order on temporary suspension of the importation or transit of live domestic pigs and wild pigs and their carcasses from India to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever

Thailand proposes an amendment to the Department of Livestock Development (DLD) Order on temporary suspension of the importation or transit of live domestic pigs and wild pigs and their carcasses from India to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever by adding paragraph (2) as follows:The WOAH has reported an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the area of India. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever disease into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E.  2558 (2015), the importation or transit  of live  domestic  pigs, wild  pigs,  and their carcasses from India has been temporarily suspended.    2. Where live domestic pigs and wild pigs and their carcasses from India have undergone a risk assessment and have been determined to be free from epidemic diseases or vectors thereof, and where the measures prescribed by the DLD of Thailand have been duly complied with, the Director-General of the DLD will grant permission for the importation or transit of such live domestic pigs and wild pigs and their carcasses into or through Thailand.