1 
 Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Regulated 
Objects Related to Decapod Iridescent Virus 1  
1. These requirements  are formulated in accordance with  
Paragraph  4, Article 33  of the  “Statute for Prevention and 
Control Infectious Animal Disease ”. 
2. The designated quarantine disease is the Decapod iridescent 
virus (DIV1).  
3. The designated quarantine objects  are listed  as follows:  
(1)Procambarus clarki i. 
(2)Cherax quadricarinatus . 
(3)Macrobrachium nipponense . 
(4)Macrobrachium rosenbergii . 
(5)Penaeus vannamei 。 
4. The designated quarantine requirements  for importing 
designated quarantine objects  are as follows:  
 (1)For the aforementioned designated quarantine objects  that 
are not listed in Table 1 of the "Quarantine Requirements 
for the Importation of Live Crustaceans and Molluscs" of 
Annex 2 -2 of Article 5 of  the “Quarantine Requirements for 
the Importation of Animal and Animal Products”  and for 
matters not specified by these requirements , the 
quarantine requirement s for live crustaceans shall be used.  
 (2)Within 14 days prior to  exportation, samples shall be 
collected from the water area or aquaculture facility of 
origin for testing of the DIV1 and the results must be 
negative ; or the DIV1 has not occurred in the exporting 
water area or aquaculture facility  of origin  for the two 
previous  years  at a minimum . 2 
  (3)On the original animal health certificate that accompan ies 
the designated quarantine object s to be imported, it must 
be issued  in English or Chinese specifying the test results 
for DIV1 including the sampling date, number of samples, 
testing laboratory  name , testing method and results of the 
testing; or the certificate must  state that the DIV1 has not 
occurred in the exporting water area or aquaculture 
facility of origin for the two previous  years  at a minimum . 
(4)For e ach import case  where the number of designated 
quarantine import objects is 1,000 shrimps  or more , 
sampl ing and  testing according to the method s specified 
in Article 5  must be conducted  at the border ; the objects 
must then be transported to the place designated by the 
animal quarantine authority for quarantine to wait for the 
test results. During the transport and quarantine period, 
the quarantine objects must not be mixed with other 
animals.  
(5) For designated quarantine obje cts that comply with all 4 
preceding paragraphs of this Article , an import animal 
quarantine certificate  will be issued; objects which do not 
comply with any one of the 4 preceding paragraphs of this 
Article  will be returned, culled or destroyed.  
5. The sampling  and testing  of the  Paragraph 4 of  Article  4 shall 
specify the designated import quarantine object s of each 
water area or aquaculture facility  and the test result shall be 
negative ; the sampling method is as follows:  
(1) For ob jects with age of  30 days  or under  (counting from 
the hatch ing day): 3 
 For each water area or aquaculture facility  of origin , if the 
import ation is  less than 100 bags (each batch ), designated 
quarantine objects  of more than 1,000 shrimps  in one bag 
shall be provided for sample test. For i mport ation of  more 
than 100 bags (each batch ), 2 bags of the designated 
quarantine objects in each bag with over 1,000 shrimps  
shall be provided for  sample test. 
 (2) For d esignated  quarantine objects with age over 30 days:  
At least 30  shrimps  of same  species  adult shrimps that 
have been mixed with the importing designated 
quarantine objects  for 14 days shall be provided as 
sentinel shrimps ; if no sentinel shrimps  are prepared, the 
animal quarantine authority will random ly take  at least 30 
shrimp s for test. If the weight of the sampled shrimp  is 
over 20g, only three shrimps will be used . 
(3) For the same importer , after the previous importation of 
the designated quarantine objects have passed the 
quarantine inspection , to import the designated 
quarantine objects again  from the same  water area or 
aquaculture facility  of origin , the random sampling 
according to the a forementioned  two Paragraph s of this 
Article  could be exempted  one time if the period between 
the last importation and immediate importation is within 
1 month .