SPS Agreement

The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the "SPS Agreement") entered into force with the establishment of the World Trade Organization on 1 January 1995. It concerns the application of food safety and animal and plant health regulations. 

 

The SPS Agreement covers all measures whose purpose is to protect: 

  • human or animal health from food-borne risks
  • human health from animal- or plant-carried diseases
  • animals and plants from pests or diseases

whether or not these are technical requirements.