Page 1 of 2 Amendment of Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Pigs  
 
 
(In case of any discrepancy between the English version and the Chinese text of these Requirements, 
the Chinese text shall govern.)  
Promulgated by Council of Agriculture on November 26, 1986  
First amendment by Council of Agriculture on May 4, 1989  
Second amendment by Council of Agriculture on November 9, 1995   
 
1. Pigs shall  be imported only from countr ies or zones recognized  by the Council of 
Agriculture as f ree from  foot and mouth disease, rinderpest, and African swine 
fever.  
 
2. The pigs shall originate from farms where brucellosis, enterovirus 
encephalomyelitis ( Teschen/Talfan disease ), tuberculosis, hog cholera, 
pseudorabies, swine vesicular disease, vesicular exanthema , porcine reproductive  
and respiratory syndrome, and swine hemorrhagic septicemia  (pasteurellosis)  
have not been occurred in the previous year  and atrophic rhinitis, hemophilus 
pneumonia, transmissible gastroenteritis, leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis, swine 
influenza , and  swine er ysipelas have not occurred during the past 6 months.  
In addition, the pigs  shall  be inspected and found free from clinical evidence o f 
any communicable disease during the pre-export quarantine period prior to 
shipment.  
 3. The pigs shall originate from state s or zones where  vesicular stomatitis has not 
occurred in the previous year . 
 
4. The pigs shall be detained for pre-export quarantine in an approved isolat ed 
quarantine premises under the supervision of the animal quarantine authorities of 
the exporting cou ntry for at least 14 days prior to shipment.  During the 
pre-export quarantine, the  animals shall be subject to the following test s with 
negative results:  
(1) Foot and mouth disease: s erum  neutralization test (virus neutralization, 
VN) or enzyme -linked immunosorbent assay  (ELISA) or complement 
fixation test  (CFT )
(2) African swine fever: indirect immuno-peroxidase plaque staining test or ELISA.  . 
(3) Rinderpest: ELISA or VN
(4) Tuberculosis: intradermal tuberculin test.   .  Page 2 of 2 (5) Brucellosis:  ELISA or CFT or Buffered Brucell a antigen test  (BBAT ) or 
Fluorescence polarization assay  (FPA ).  
(6) Swine vesicular disease:  serum neutralization test VN or ELISA . 
(7) Pseudorabies: serum neutralization test VN or ELISA.  
(8) Vesicular stomatitis: serum neutralization test VN or ELISA or CF T
(9) Toxoplasmosis:  hemagglutination test or latex agglutination test.  . 
(10) Transmissible gastroenteritis: serum neutralization test VN or ELISA
(11) Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome: indirect immunofluorescent 
antibody test (IIFA ) or immuno-peroxidase mo nolayer assay  (IPMA ) . 
or 
ELISA
(12) Other diseases and diagnostic tests provisionally designated.  . 
The diagnostic tests described above may be exempted for the countr ies where, 
according to the report of the World Organization for Animal Health ( OIE)  or 
the rele vant epidemiological information,  have been free from the above 
diseases for more than 5  years . 
 
5. The pigs shall not be vaccinated against foot and mouth disease , African swine 
fever , or any other vaccine that has not been approved  by the animal quarantine 
authority of this country . 
 6. The pigs shall be transported with clean containers and vehicles disinfected with 
officially  approved disinfectant. In addition, the pigs  shall not be transshipped  
through countr ies or zones where  foot and mouth disease, r inderpest or African 
swine fever is known to occur. No supplementary feed, fodder or beddings shall 
be supplied or other animals be loaded during the transportation.  
 
7. To import pigs, a n original veterinary certificate  in English issued by the animal 
quarantine authorities of the exporting country  should be provided. The 
certificate should include dates of quarantine detention, dates of sampl e 
collections, test methods , dates of  tests, test results, and the relevant information 
designated in Articles  2 to 5 of this requirement.