1
 
 
Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Regulated 
Objects Related to Decapod Iridescent Virus 1
 
1. 
Th
ese 
requirements
 
are formulated in accordance with
 
Paragraph
 
4
, Article 33
 
of the 
“
Animal Infectious Disease 
Prevention and Control Regulations
”
.
 
2. 
The designated quarantine disease is 
the 
Decapod iridescent 
virus (DIV1).
 
3. 
The 
designated quarantine objects
 
are
 
listed
 
as follows:
 
(
1
)
Procambarus 
clarkia
.
 
(
2
)
Cherax 
quadricarinatus
.
 
(
3
)
Macrobrachium nipponense
.
 
(
4
)
Macrobrachium 
r
osenbergii
.
 
(
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 the import quarantine conditions for 
animals and animal products
 
in
 
the 
Attached Table 1 of 
Annex 2
-
2 of Article 5 of the "Quarantine Requirements 
for the Importation of Live Crustaceans and Molluscs"
 
and 
for matters not specified by
 
these 
requirements
, the 
quarantine 
requirement
s for live crustaceans shall be 
used.
 
 
(2)
Within a period of 
14
 
days immediately preceding 
exportation, samples 
shall be 
collected from the water 
area or aquaculture facility of origin for testing by a 
laboratory designated for the DIV1 and the results must 
be negative
; or
 
the DIV1 has not occurred in the 2
 
 
exporting 
source water area or farm 
for more than two 
years.
 
 
(3)
On the original animal quarantine certificate that 
accompan
ies
 
the designated quarantine object
s
 
to be 
imported, 
there must be an 
annotation in English or 
Chinese specifying the test results for DIV1 including the 
sampling date, number of samples, 
name of 
testing 
laboratory, testing method and results of the testing;
 
or
 
there must be an
 
annotation 
on the certificate stating 
that the DIV1 has not occurred in the exporting source 
water area or farm for more than two years.
 
(4)
For e
ach 
import 
case
 
number where the number of 
designated quarantine import objects 
is
 
1000
 
sh
rimps
 
or 
more
, a sample testing and inspection according to 
the 
method
s
 
specified 
in 
Article 5
 
must be 
conducted;
 
the 
objects must then be 
transported to the place designated 
by the animal quarantine authority for quarantine to wait 
for the inspection resu
lts. During the transport and 
quarantine period, the 
quarantine 
objects must not 
come
 
in
to
 
contact with other animals. 
 
(5) 
For
 
designated quarantine object
s that comply with 
all 
4
 
of the
 
preceding 
P
aragraphs of this 
A
rticle
, an import 
animal quarantine 
certificate
 
will
 
be issued; objects 
which do not comply with any one of the 4 
preceding 
P
aragraphs of 
this 
A
rticle
 
w
ill be returned, culled or 
destroyed.
 
5. The sampling inspection
 
of the
 
Paragraph 4 of
 
Article
 
4 shall 
specify the 
designated import 
quarantine object
s
 
of
 
each 3
 
 
water area or aquaculture facility
 
and the inspection result 
shall 
be
 
negative
;
 
the inspection sampling method
s
 
are
 
as 
follows:
 
(1) 
For objects 
with age of
 
30 days
 
or under
 
(
counting from 
the hatch
ing
 
day
):
 
For each water area or aquaculture facility, 
if the 
i
mport
ation is
 
less than 100 bags (each time), 
designated 
quarantine 
objects
 
of 
more than 
1,000 
shrimps
 
in one 
bag shall be provided for 
sample 
inspection
. 
 
For 
i
mport
ation of
 
more than 100 bags (each time)
, 2 bags of 
the designated quarantine objects 
in 
each bag 
with over 
1,000 
shrimps
 
shall be provided for
 
sample 
inspection
.
 
 
(
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
 
for inspection 
of
 
each source water area 
or farm
;
 
if 
no sample
s are
 
prepared, 
the 
Local Animal 
Disease Inspection 
Authority
 
(LADIA) shall take random 
samples of 
at least 30 shrimp
s for inspection. I
f the 
weight of the 
sampled 
shrimp
 
is over 
20g, only three 
shrimps 
will
 
be tested.
 
(3) 
For the same 
importer
, a
fter the previous importation of 
the designated quarantine 
objects 
have been qualified
 
after passing inspection
, 
to re
-
import the 
designated 
quarantine 
objects from 
the same 
source 
of 
water area 
or farm
, the random sampling according to the 
a
forementioned
 
two 
P
aragraph
s 
of this 
A
rticle
 
could be 4
 
 
exempted
.