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The ISIA Regulatory Team continually monitors world-wide regulations that affect the serum industry. We post important updates and new industry regulation information to LinkedIn, Facebook, and our website.
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News by region
The Americas
- Notarization no longer required for "HQ"-level pre-inspection packages (Feb 9, 2026)
- USDA Names New Leadership of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Mexico Confirms Case of New World Screwworm in Nuevo Leon
- Stakeholder Alert: Delays in Testing and Release of Quarantined Imported Fetal Bovine Serum
- IMPORTANT: VS Form 16-4 transition period ending
- IMPORTANT: New VS Form 16-4 and transition period
- Proposed conditions include changed requirements for sourcing FBS, as well as additional treatment and testing procedures
- USDA requesting comments on proposed new requirements for the "Product of USA" Label
Asia, Australia & New Zealand
- Update on Importing Brazilian Origin FBS into China
- Taiwan: Changes to certification requirements for the export of bovine serum
- Notification from DAFF — EU: Amendments to export health certification for animal inedible products
- 2020 New Zealand Regulations for Exporting Animal Products
- Taiwan: Quarantine Requirements for Bovine Serum for Technical Use Amended
Europe & Middle East
- Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the EU: Greece
- Reminder: Intensified Official Controls and Imposed Checks
- DEFRA — New import controls now Live
- DEFRA — The Border Target Operating Model: Compliance and Enforcement Approach Jan 31–Apr 30 2024
- UK model health certificates amended (Oct/Dec 2022) now active and available for use
- Statement on the introduction of planned import controls on EU goods from July 2022
- DEFRA — New Import Controls for Animal Products
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