Page 1 of 2 Quarantine Requi rements 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  
Third a mendment by Council of Agriculture on March 7, 2014  
 
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 states or zones where vesicular stomatitis has not 
occurred in the previous year.  
The farms of origin shall be complied with :  
(1) The brucellosis, enterovirus encephalomyelitis ( Teschen/Talfan disease ), 
tuberculosis, hog cholera, pseudorabies, swine vesicular disease, vesicular 
exanthema , porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, and  swine 
hemorrhagic septicemia  (pasteurellos is) have not been occurred in  the 
previous year ; and  
(2) The atrophic rhinitis, hemophilus pneumonia, transmissible gastroenteritis, 
leptospirosis , toxoplasmosis, swine influenza , and  swine erysipelas  have not 
occurred during the past 6 months.  
3. The pigs shall  be detained for pre -export quarantine for at least 14 days prior to 
shipment  in the approved isolated quarantine premises under the supervision of 
veterinarians of, or veterinarians accredited by, the animal quarantine authority. 
During the pre -export qua rantine, the animals shall be inspected as free from 
clinical evidence of any communicable disease and subject to the following tests 
with negative results:  
(1) Foot and mouth disease: serum neutralization test (virus neutralization, VN) 
or enzyme -linked immun osorbent 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.  
(5) Brucellosis: ELISA or CFT or Buffered Brucella  antigen test (BBAT) or  Page 2 of 2 Fluorescence polarization assay (FPA).  
(6) Swine vesicular disease: VN or ELISA.  
(7) Pseudorabies: VN or ELISA.  
(8) Vesicular stomatitis: VN or ELISA or CFT.  
(9) Toxoplasmosis: hemagglutination test or latex agglutination test.  
(10) Transmissible gastroenter itis: VN or ELISA.  
(11) Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome: indirect immunofluorescent 
antibody test (IIFA) or immuno -peroxidase monolayer assay (IPMA) or 
ELISA.  
(12) Other diseases and diagnostic tests provisionally designated.  
 
The diagnostic tests desc ribed above may be exempted for the countries where, 
according to the report of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) or the 
relevant epidemiological information, have been free from the above diseases for 
more than 5 years.  
 
4. 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.  
 
5. The pigs shall be transported with clean containers and vehicles disinfected with 
officially approved disinfectant. In addition, the pigs shall not be transshipped 
through countries or zones where foot and mouth disease, rinderpest or African 
swine fever is known to occur. No supplementary feed, fodder or beddings shall 
be supplied or other animals be l oaded during the transportation . 
 
6. To import pigs, an 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 deten tion, dates of sample 
collections, name of the test laboratory, methods and results of the tests, and the 
relevant information desig nated in Articles 2 to 4 of these R equirement s.