| IPO/EPO Reform Details | ||
| Reform ID | B65 | |
| IPO Sr. No. | 438 | |
| Appendix | B-III | |
| PCT Code | 3507.9 | |
| Commodity Description | ||
| Department | Animal Quarantine Department - AQD | |
| Sector | ||
| Start Date | 19-05-2026 | |
| Implementation Date | ||
| CCORR Direction | ||
| Cost Saving | ||
| Progress | 100% | |
| One-liner | Eliminate Animal Quarantine Department release order requirement for prepared enzyme importS | |
| Description | Prepared enzymes are processed, value-added products that, per the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health, do not pose a disease or pathogen transmission risk, making the current Animal Quarantine Department release-order requirement an unnecessary regulatory step. | |
| Import Requirement | Importable subject to quarantine requirements of Animal Quarantine Department of Ministry of National Food S€curity and Research, Govemment of Pakistan. | |
| Reason for Omission | As per the article 8.8.27, 11.9..13 & 11.10.6 of Terrestrial Animal Health Code of World Organization of Animal Health. Import regulation of the given commodities falling under regulatory purview of AQD as per import /export Policy order (2022) may not be required. Because the commodities being processed and value-added products do not carry any risk of disease/pathogen. Agent to animals/birds/human | |
| Evidence | ||
Asaan Karobar
Pakistan Regulatory Modernization Initiative
