Notice2026-04316
Addition of Sri Lanka to the List of Regions Affected by African Swine Fever
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Published
March 4, 2026
Effective
December 4, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Abstract
We are advising the public that we have added Sri Lanka to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) list maintained on the APHIS website of regions considered to be affected by African swine fever (ASF). We have taken this action because of the confirmation of ASF in this country.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10582-10583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04316]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2025-0571]
Addition of Sri Lanka to the List of Regions Affected by African
Swine Fever
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have added Sri Lanka to the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) list maintained on
the APHIS website of regions considered to be affected by African swine
fever (ASF). We have taken this action because of the confirmation of
ASF in this country.
DATES: Sri Lanka was added to the list of regions APHIS considers to be
affected with ASF, effective December 4, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. C. Aaron Monroy, APHIS Veterinary
Services, Regionalization Evaluation Services, Strategy and Policy, VS,
920 Main Campus Drive, Venture II, Raleigh, NC 27606; phone: (919) 855-
7207, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e5f6d754c7b797771707f7277647f6a7771705e6b6d7a7f30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdfcced6efd8dad4d2d3dcd1d4c7dcc9d4d2d3fdc8ced9dc93dad2cb">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred
to below as the regulations) govern the importation of certain animals
and animal products into the United States to prevent the introduction
of various animal diseases, including African swine fever (ASF). ASF is
a highly contagious disease of wild and domestic swine that can spread
rapidly with extremely high rates of morbidity and mortality. A list of
regions where ASF exists or is reasonably believed to exist is
maintained on the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/
animal-and-animal-product-import-
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information/animal-health-status-of-regions/. This list is referenced
in Sec. 94.8(a)(2) of the regulations.
Section 94.8(a)(3) of the regulations states that APHIS will add a
region to the list referenced in Sec. 94.8(a)(2) upon determining ASF
exists in the region or having reason to believe the disease exists in
the region, based on reports APHIS receives of outbreaks of the disease
from veterinary officials of the exporting country, from the World
Organization for Animal Health (WOAH),\1\ or from other sources the
Administrator determines to be reliable, or upon determining that there
is reason to believe the disease exists in the region. Section
94.8(a)(1) of the regulations specifies the criteria on which the
Administrator bases the reason to believe ASF exists in a region.
Section 94.8(b) prohibits the importation of pork and pork products
from regions listed in accordance with Sec. 94.8 except if processed
and treated in accordance with the provisions specified in that section
or consigned to an APHIS-approved establishment for further processing.
Section 96.2 restricts the importation of swine casings that originated
in or were processed in a region where ASF exists, as listed under
Sec. 94.8(a).
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\1\ The World Organization for Animal Health internationally
follows a British English spelling of ``organisation'' in its name;
also, it was formerly the Office International des Epizooties, or
OIE, but on May 28, 2022, the Organization announced that the
acronym was changed from OIE to WOAH.
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On October 9, 2024, media reports of widespread disease in swine
began and on October 25, 2024, the veterinary authorities of Sri Lanka
published a notice in their official Gazette declaring an outbreak of
ASF in that country. In response to the media reports and the official
Gazette publication, on December 4, 2024, APHIS added Sri Lanka to the
list of regions where ASF exists or the Administrator has reason to
believe that ASF exists, in compliance with Sec. 94.8(a)(3). This
notice serves as an official record and public notification of that
action.
As a result, pork and pork products from Sri Lanka, including
casings, are subject to APHIS import restrictions designed to mitigate
the risk of ASF introduction into the United States.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701-7772, 7781-7786, and 8301-8317; 21
U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of March 2026.
Kelly Moore,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2026-04316 Filed 3-3-26; 8:45 am]
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