Live wild or farmed tilapia fish, in the form of eggs, juveniles or brood stock, and dead tilapia in the form of frozen fish or fish by-products

Arrêté interministériel N°0069/18/MAEP/MCPSP portant interdiction provisoire d'importation de tilapia au Togo (Interministerial Order No. 0069/18/MAEP/MCPSP establishing a provisional ban on the importation into Togo of tilapia)

The notified Order prohibits the importation, possession for sale, marketing, sale, display and free distribution in national territory of live wild or farmed tilapia fish in the form of eggs, juveniles or brood stock, and dead frozen tilapia fish and tilapia fish by-products. During the ban, all species of imported wild and/or farmed tilapia fish and tilapia by-products will be seized and destroyed in accordance with the provisions relating to the animal health code and without prejudice to the proceedings and penalties provided for by the regulations in force. Tilapia farmed or fished in Togolese waters pose no risk and can be consumed safely.